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Intermediate Schools
Intermediate schools are highly essential. In these schools thor-
ough work is to be done; for many students will go forth from them
directly into the great harvest field. They will go forth to use what
they have learned, as canvassers and as helpers in various lines of
evangelistic work. Many workers, after laboring for a time in the
field, will feel the need of further study, and with the experience
gained in the field will be prepared to value school privileges and
to make rapid advancement. Some will desire an education in the
higher branches of study. For these our colleges have been estab-
lished.
The word of God is to lie at the foundation of all the work done
in our intermediate schools. And the students are to be shown the
true dignity of labor. They are to be taught that God is a constant
worker. Let every teacher take hold heartily with a group of students,
working with them, and teaching them how to work. As the teachers
do this, they will gain a valuable experience. Their hearts will be
bound up with the hearts of the students, and this will open the way
for successful teaching.
It would be a sad mistake for us to fail to consider thoroughly
the purpose for which each of our schools is established. This is a
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matter that should be faithfully studied by our responsible men in
each union conference, in order that the youth may be surrounded
by circumstances the most favorable for the formation of characters
strong enough to withstand the evils of this world.
We have a great work before us, and there is need of many
educated laborers who have fitted themselves for positions of trust.
As our youth are trained for service in the cause of God, the Bible
must lie at the foundation of their education. The principles of truth
contained in the word of God will be a safeguard against the evil
influences of the world.
Efforts to educate our children and youth in the fear of the Lord
without making a study of the word prominent, are sadly misdirected.
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