Teach as Christ taught, study His example, His methods of teaching. He preached few sermons, but wherever He went, crowds gathered to listen to His instruction. The ministers must be educated to work more according to the divine pattern. You have not yet taken up the work of educating. The people will listen to sermon after sermon, and they can retain but a very few points in the discourse, and these lose their force upon the mind; other things come in to choke the seed of truth. Now the Lord’s way is the best way, to impress upon minds, point by point, the truths that are for their eternal interest to know. Let the soil of the heart be prepared and the seed so planted that it will spring up and bear fruit.—Letter 29, 1890. {Ev 441.4}

Undervis ligesom Kristus underviste, studer Hans eksempel, Hans undervisningsmetoder. Han holdt nogle få prædikener, men hvor han end kom hen, samlede skarerne sig for at lytte til Hans (442) belæring. Prædikanter må uddannes til at arbejde mere efter det guddommelige forbillede. I har endnu ikke taget undervisningsarbejdet op. Folk vil lytte til prædiken efter prædiken, og de kan kun tilbageholde nogle få punkter i prædiken, og disse mister deres kraft på sindet, andre ting kommer ind for at kvæle sandhedens frø. Nuvel, Herrens vej er den bedste vej, til at indprente på sindene, punkt for punkt, sandheder som er for deres evige interesse at kende. Lad hjertets grobund være forberedt og frøene lagt så de vil spire op og bære frugt. – Brev 29, 1890.