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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 24, 1910

The Children Respond

By W. A. S.

The Children Respond. — As special effort was made for the young people of that day, the response came in surrenders to God. James White, then in Oswego, N. Y., where the paper was being published, appended this note to the sister’s letter:—

A very interesting work is now going on among the children of the “remnant” in this city. Their salvation has been the principal subject in our meetings for the last two Sabbaths, and God has wonderfully blessed us. The truth has had a good effect on us, as well as the children. In the evening following the last first-day, we had a meeting for their special benefit, and the Spirit of God was poured out in our midst. The children all bowed before the Lord, and seemed to feel the importance of keeping the commandments, especially the fifth, and of seeking salvation through Jesus Christ. This was one of the most interesting meetings that I ever witnessed.

Still the Personal Burden. — There have since come in the Sabbath-school, the church-school, and lastly the departmental young people’s work,—agencies that were lacking in the early days. We thank God for them. Still the burden of prayer to God and of persuasive effort for the children and youth must be laid upon the heart of every parent and every believer; for now applies the prophecy of Malachi to which that sister referred: “And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers.” W. A. S.