LETTER TO HIS SABBATH-SCHOOL TEACHERS, DURING A WEEK OF ABSENCE FROM THEM - Robert Murray Mcchene

(Accompanied by notes on the Scripture Lesson that was to be taught in the classes that week.)

KELSO, February 24, 1841.

MY DEAR FRIENDS AND FELLOW-LABOURERS, —I send you a few notes on the parable for next Sabbath evening. May you find them profitable. You cannot tell what a sweet comfort it is to me, when I am so far distant from my flock, to know that you are in the midst of the lambs, speaking to God for them, and speaking to them for God. I thank my God without ceasing for your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope. Be not weary in well-doing, dear friends, for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Do not be impatient—wait on the Lord. The blessing will come. Use a few spare half-hours in seeking after the lambs on the weekdays. This will prove to the parents that you are in earnest. To bring one child to the bosom of Christ would be reward for all our pains in eternity. Oh, with what glowing hearts we shall meet in heaven those whom God has used us as humble instruments in saving! Meditate on Phil. 1:8. And may the Lord meet with you and the lambs on Sabbath-day, and bless you, and do you good. Farewell, dear fellow-laborers. —Ever your affectionate friend and pastor, absent in body, not in spirit, etc.