Suppose one boy wanted to get another to go to the same school that he was attending, how would he go about it? He would begin, of course, to praise the school in every way. He would tell what a beautiful building it had, what comfortable rooms, what beautiful pictures on the walls. He would praise the scholars for their kindness and jollity, and he would have much to say about the teachers, how well they understood boys, how bright they were, and how helpful. He would tell how homelike the school was, and what splendid times he had there. In this way he would soon get his friend quite crazy to go to the same school that he went to.
In very much the same way we can get our friends to want to go to Christ’s school, to love and obey the great Teacher. We can tell how good he is, and how wise, and how much he has helped us. We can speak, too, of the house in which he lives, which is the church, and of the many kind and helpful friends that we have found there. We can show that going to his school means nothing but happy times and increasing wisdom.
We must not forget, though, that the boy who gets his friend to go to school with him does not let the matter drop when his friend has agreed to go. He goes after him, and takes him to school; he introduces him to the teacher and to his comrades; he shows him how to go to work, and makes a place for him in the games at recess.
And so, if we want to get our friends to feel at home in Christ’s school, we must take care of them after we have won them. We must see that they know all those whom we know that are in the same school; we must try in every way to make it pleasant for them.