RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS AND CHURCH OFFICERS.
1. What work of grace has the Lord promised to perform in the last days? "I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour My Spirit upon thy seed, and My blessing upon thine offspring; and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses." Isa. 44:3, 4. 2. What work of reformation will be going on at that time? "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the earth with a curse." Mal. 4:5, 6. 3. What instruction has the Lord given in regard to the Christian education of the children? "And these words, which I command you this day, shall be upon thy heart; and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up." Deut. 6:6, 7. 4. Why is such a course most essential in our day? "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah. And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and shall not find it. In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst." Amos 8:11-13. 5. What illustrious example have we of obedience in this matter? "But abide thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus." 2 Tim. 3:14, 15. "Having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also." 2 Tim. 1:5. 6. What other training should be given the child? "It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth." Lam. 3:27. "Suffer hardship with me as a good soldier of Christ Jesus." 2 Tim. 2:3. 7. What specific instruction is given in regard to the manner of child-training? "Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it." Prov. 22:6. "And ye, fathers, provoke not your children to wrath; but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord." Eph. 6:4. 8. What is said of the patriarch Moses in this particular? "Who was faithful to Him that appointed Him, as also was Moses in all his house. . . . And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken." Heb. 3:2-5. 9. In the church, what kind of persons should be chosen to bear responsibilities? "Look ye out therefore, brethren, from among you seven men of good report, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business." Acts 6:3. 10. In the Transfiguration scene Moses was chosen to represent those who should be raised from the dead (Matt. 16:28; 17:1-5), so it behooves those who would have a home in the everlasting kingdom of God to note what the record says of him, and seek to emulate his faithfulness. See Heb. 11:24-27; 3:2, 5.