Chapter 41—Christian Education
Encourage youth to attend our schools—The youth are to be
encouraged to attend our schools, which should become more and more
like the schools of the prophets. Our schools have been established
by the Lord; and if they are conducted in harmony with His purpose,
the youth sent to them will quickly be prepared to engage in various
branches of missionary work. Some will be trained to enter the field as
missionary nurses, some as canvassers, some as evangelists, some as
teachers, and some as gospel ministers.—
Fundamentals of Christian
Education, 489
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Christian education must be made available to all, not just to
a privileged few—The church is asleep, and does not realize the
magnitude of this matter of educating the children and youth. “Why,”
one says, “what is the need of being so particular thoroughly to educate
our youth? It seems to me that if you take a few who have decided
to follow some literary calling, or some other calling that requires a
certain discipline, and give due attention to them, that is all that is
necessary. It is not required that the whole mass of our youth should be
so well trained. Will not this answer every essential requirement?”—
No, I answer, most decidedly not. What selection would we be able
to make out of the numbers of our youth? How could we tell who
would be the most promising, who would render the best service to
God? In our human judgment we might do as did Samuel when he
was sent to find the anointed of the Lord, and look upon the outward
appearance.—
The Review and Herald, April 28, 1896
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Purpose
Only those who cooperate with heaven know what true educa-
tion is—When the Word of God is laid aside for books that lead away
from God, and that confuse the understanding regarding the principles
of the kingdom of heaven, the education given is a perversion of the
name. Unless the student has pure mental food, thoroughly winnowed
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