TEACHERS AND PUPILS by The Teacher Taught

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 3, 1881

TEACHERS AND PUPILS.

By The Teacher Taught

Is each teacher found to regard the children of his class as his children, so far as Sabbath-school instruction is concerned? Does he feel a special, personal responsibility for the character, habits, and conduct of each individual member, so far as faithful teaching, regular visitation and affectionate counsel can form or influence them? Do we find him sustaining his part of the great system which extends so far and embraces so many? And is he anxious to do his full share towards improving that system, extending it over the earth and embracing within it every child that can profit by its agency? And are these teachers from among the most intelligent and well-taught Christians, carefully selected from the church or congregation to which the school is attached or in whose neighborhood it is located, grounded and settled in the faith? And is their teaching enforced by a bright and holy example? And, if this is their character, do they study and labor to make their words intelligible and profitable to those who receive their instructions; accommodating themselves with great care and patience to the limited capacity of their pupils, and giving milk to those who cannot bear strong meat?—The Teacher Taught.