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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 6, 1908

Christian Education a Soul-Saving Work

By Maude G. Henry.

OUR Lord's commission to his ambassadors was to preach the gospel to every creature, teaching the observance of all things whatsoever he had commanded. The great Example was himself a preacher and teacher, living by precept and example the principles of truth.

A fact too often lost sight of among his children, is that God is no respecter of persons. The “whosoever” who may come means all creatures who feel their need of a Saviour, even if they hear the invitation while in the byways and hedges.

It is the privilege of this branch of the work to reach out the hand to those referred to in Isa. 58:6, 7. And while our work has its trials and difficulties, we rejoice in the fulfilment of the promises made to those who partake of this fast, and in seeing the salvation of the Lord wonderfully manifested.

One of our dear girls, whom friends and family had tried to interest in religion, refused because she saw nothing to attract her to the Bible, until she heard the third angel's message in our school-room. In this message she found that which dealt with each thought, word, and act of the life. A beautiful conversion and faithful adherence to the truth, amid bitter opposition from her relatives, and a sweetness of life that is an honor to her God and his truth, is the result of hearing a plain, practical message attended by the convicting and converting power of the Holy Spirit. This is one of the several instances which we could enumerate of blessed results in our efforts for the precious souls out in the highways. Six of the members of our school this spring buried their past by baptism, and arose to walk with their Lord in newness of life. One of these had been a member of the true fold, but had wandered away by seeking after the

society and pleasures of the world. Through tender loving-kindness and the practical teaching of Christ's word, this dear girl came back into the fold, after years of sorrow and disappointment, and is rejoicing in the truth that made her free.

We appreciate the value of Christian education in character building, without which we should fail of accomplishing what God has been pleased to grant us through its influence.

MAUDE G. HENRY.