Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

inhabitants of this earth. The ladder represented to
Jacob was the world's Redeemer who links earth
and heaven together. Every one who has seen the
evidence and light of truth and accepts the truth,
professing his faith in Jesus Christ, is a missionary
in the highest sense of the word. He is the receiver
of heavenly treasures, and it is his duty to impart
them, to diffuse that which he has received.
Then to those who are accepted as teachers in
our schools is opened a field for labor and
cultivation, for the sowing of the seed and for the
harvesting of the ripening grain. What can give
greater satisfaction than to be laborers together
with God in educating and training the children and
youth to love God and keep his commandments?
Lead the children whom you are instructing in the
day school and the Sabbath school to Jesus. What
can give you greater joy than to see children and
youth following Christ, the great Shepherd, who
calls and the sheep and lambs hear his voice and
follow him? What can spread more sunshine
through the soul of the interested, devoted worker,
than to show that his persevering, patient labor is
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