A well-known gospel preacher, much used of the Lord, once told a large company of Sunday school teachers the story of his life. “I was a boy from a broken home,” he said, “and my father and mother were divorced. I became a member of a Sunday school class in which there were 13 boys. Five of the boys were from broken homes. They knew little of love and kindness.
“Our teacher was a big man. He wore size 14 shoes. There were no discipline problems in that class because we had respect for his burly frame. Our teacher had never gone beyond the 6th grade in school, but he knew the Lord and he loved the boys in his class. He gave me love that I had never known before. He often played ball with me and other boys. All of the 13 boys in that class became Christians. Many of them went into full-time service for the Lord. How great is the godly influence of a Christian teacher who knows the Lord and loves those entrusted to Him!”
ML-10/22/1978