p. 24 | Teaching Missionary Sympathy in Schools

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 5, 1907

Teaching Missionary Sympathy in Schools

“It is acquaintance that awakens sympathy, and sympathy is the spring of effective ministry. To awaken in the children and youth sympathy and the spirit of sacrifice for the suffering millions in the ‘regions beyond,’ let them become acquainted with these lands and their peoples. In this line much might again be accomplished in our schools. Instead of dwelling on the Alexanders and Napoleons of history, let the pupils study the lives of such men as the apostle Paul and Martin Luther, as Moffat and Livingstone and Carey, and the present daily unfolding history of missionary effort. . . . Let them study all lands in the light of missionary effort, and become acquainted with the people’s needs.”