Let every teacher who accepts the responsibility of teaching the children and youth, examine himself. Let him ask himself, Has the truth of God taken possession of my soul? Has the wisdom which comes from Jesus Christ, which is “first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy,” been brought into my character? Do I cherish the principle that “the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace”? James 3:17, 18. {CT 194.2}

Lad enhver lærer som påtager sig ansvaret for at undervise børn og unge, ransage sig selv. Lad ham spørge for sig selv: Har Guds sandhed taget min sjæl i besiddelse? Har den visdom, som kommer fra Jesus Kristus, som er »først og fremmest ren, dernæst fredselskende, mild, hensynsfuld, fyldt med barmhjertighed og gode frugter, fri for partiskhed og hykleri. Og retfærdighed er frugt (195) af en sæd, der sås i fred til gavn for dem, som stifter fred.« Jak.3,17.18.