Basic HTML Version
To Teachers and Students
We have been warned again and again that the character of the
education that has been current in the world cannot stand the test
of the word of God. The subject of education is one that should
interest every Seventh-day Adventist. The Lord says to us, Seventh-
day Adventists are not to place themselves under the counsel and
instruction of teachers who know not the truth for this time. The
molding and fashioning of minds should not be left to men who
have not comprehended the importance of a preparation for that life
which measures with the life of God.
Some of our teachers have been charmed with the sentiments of
infidel authors. In a representation given me, I saw one holding in
his hand one of these books and recommending it to our teachers as a
book from which real help could be obtained along educational lines.
Another was holding in His hand books of an altogether different
character. He placed His hand upon the one who had recommended
the infidel author, and said, “Advice of the kind you have given is
opening the door for Satan with his sophistries to find easy entrance
to your school. These books contain sentiments that your students
should be instructed to avoid. Human minds are easily charmed with
studies that lead to infidelity. These books produce in the minds of
the students a distaste for the study of the word of God, which is
eternal life to all who follow its instruction. Such books should not
find entrance into any school where the youth are being taught to be
learners of the greatest of teachers.”
[402]
With solemn voice the speaker continued, “Do you find in these
authors that which you can recommend as essential to true higher
education? Would you dare to recommend their study to students
who are ignorant of their true character? Wrong habits of thought,
when once accepted, become a despotic power that fastens the mind
as in a grasp of steel. If many who have received and read these
books had never seen them, but had accepted the words of the divine
Teacher in their place, they would be far in advance of where they
324