p. 401 | A Loving Heart: The Best Sunday-School Help

S. D. A. Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 7, 1882

FromThe Signs of the Times, Vol. 8, No. 34; Special Edition, No. 1

A Loving Heart: The Best Sunday-School Help

The Rev. Dr. William M. Taylor has well said that “the best” Sunday-school help is “a loving heart.” It is necessary to know something of the laws of teaching, or to have that instinct that answers the same end; it is necessary to have accurate information and sound exegesis; it is necessary to be able to impart what one knows in a way that will interest; but above all, it is necessary to have a loving heart. That is the most potent aid that a teacher can have. By means of what it can do, some illiterate teachers have had a most extraordinary success: and, for want of it, some men, very learned, and even eloquent, have been complete failures. Only a loving heart can effectually present a loving gospel; only one who himself loves sinners and is willing to deny himself for their sakes, can faithfully and persuasively represent Him who loved and gave himself for sinners.