Church Schools
The Work of Church Schools
The church has a special work to do in educating and training
its children that they may not, in attending school, or in any other
association, be influenced by those of corrupt habits. The world is
full of iniquity and disregard of the requirements of God. The cities
have become as Sodom, and our children are daily being exposed to
many evils. Those who attend the public schools often associate with
others more neglected than they, those who, aside from the time spent
in the schoolroom, are left to obtain a street education. The hearts of
the young are easily impressed; and unless their surroundings are of
the right character, Satan will use these neglected children to influence
those who are more carefully trained. Thus before Sabbathkeeping
parents know what evil is being done, the lessons of depravity are
learned, and the souls of their little ones are corrupted.
The Protestant churches have accepted the spurious sabbath, the
child of the papacy, and have exalted it above God’s holy, sanctified
day. It is our work to make plain to our children that the first day of
the week is not the true Sabbath, and that its observance, after light
has come to us as to what is the true Sabbath, is a plain contradiction
of the law of God. Do our children receive from the teachers in
the public schools ideas that are in harmony with the word of God?
Is sin presented as an offense against God? Is obedience to all the
commandments of God taught as the beginning of all wisdom? We
send our children to the Sabbath school that they may be instructed
in regard to the truth, and then as they go to the day school, lessons
containing falsehood are given them to learn. These things confuse
the mind, and should not be; for if the young receive ideas that pervert
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the truth, how will the influence of this education be counteracted?
Can we wonder that under such circumstances some of the youth
among us do not appreciate religious advantages? Can we wonder
that they drift into temptation? Can we wonder that, neglected as they
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