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a proper education will be made thankful and happy while at school
by the things upon which his eyes shall rest.”
The Work Before Us
We need more teachers and more talent to educate the students
in various lines, that many persons may go from this place willing
and able to carry to others the knowledge which they have received.
Orphan boys and girls are to find a home here. Buildings should be
erected for a hospital, and boats should be provided to accommodate
the school. A competent farm manager should be employed, also
wise, energetic men to act as superintendents of the several industrial
enterprises, men who will use their undivided talents in teaching the
students how to work.
Many young people will come to school who desire a training in
industrial lines. The industrial instruction should include the keeping
of accounts, carpentry, and everything that is comprehended in farming.
Preparation should also be made for teaching blacksmithing, painting,
shoemaking, cooking, baking, laundering, mending, typewriting, and
printing. Every power at our command is to be brought into this
training work, that students may go out equipped for the duties of
practical life.
Cottages and buildings essential to the schoolwork are to be erected
by the students themselves. These should not be crowded close to-
gether, nor located near the school buildings proper. In the manage-
ment of this work small companies should be formed who, under
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competent leaders, should be taught to carry a full sense of their re-
sponsibility. All these things cannot be accomplished at once, but we
are to begin to work in faith.
The Land to be Reserved
The Lord would have the grounds about the school dedicated to
Him as His own schoolroom. We are located where there is plenty of
land, and the grounds near the school and the church should not be
occupied with private dwellings. Those who believe the truth for this
time are not all transformed in character. They are not all proper object
lessons, for they do not represent the character of Christ. There are