| The Life of Dr. J.R. Miller |
Chapter 4 |
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He had a prophetic insight into his own future when he said, a little later:
“I have always felt that by the peculiar traits and talents which God has given me I am able to do more for the instruction and culture of children than many men who have different capabilities. I have laboured much among children, and I have in many instances been able to soften the rudest, to tame the wildest, and to overcome the willfulness of the most stubborn. And all, too, by the sweet, gentle, winning power of kindness.
“Last Sabbath I met for the first time a dozen little boys and girls in my own room, and organized them into a Sunday school. Today we met there again. There were several new ones, and the interest is certainly very great. During the past week the little girls have been almost wild with enthusiasm … They hang around me like children over a parent, or sisters around a brother.”
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