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Our College
There is danger that our college will be turned away from its
original design. God’s purpose has been made known—that our
people should have an opportunity to study the sciences, and at the
same time to learn the requirements of His word. Biblical lectures
should be given; the study of the Scriptures should have the first
place in our system of education.
Students are sent from great distances to attend the college at
Battle Creek, for the very purpose of receiving instruction from the
lectures on Bible subjects. But for one or two years past, there has
been an effort to mold our school after other colleges. When this is
done, we can give no encouragement to parents to send their children
to Battle Creek College.
The moral and religious influences should not be put in the
background. In times past, God has worked with the efforts of the
teachers, and many souls have seen the truth and embraced it, and
have gone to their homes to live henceforth for God, as the result of
their connection with the college. As they saw that Bible study was
made a part of their education they were led to regard it as a matter
of greater interest and importance.
Education of Young Men for the Ministry
Too little attention has been given to the education of young men
for the ministry. This was the primary object to be secured in the
establishment of the college. In no case should this be ignored or
regarded as a matter of secondary importance. For several years,
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however, but few have gone forth from that institution prepared to
teach the truth to others.
Some who came at great expense, with the ministry in view,
have been encouraged by the teachers to take a thorough course of
study, which would occupy a number of years and, in order to obtain
means to carry out these plans, have entered the canvassing field and
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