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Chapter 10—Right Methods, Principles, and
Motives
[The articles in this section are from Special Testimonies, Series A
4:14-20 (1895-1896).]
Proper Education
Cooranbong, Australia,
August 27, 1895
Dear Brother and Sister-----,
The students of our manual training school at this place are doing
their best to follow the light God has given to combine with mental
training the proper use of brain and muscle. Thus far the results have
exceeded our expectations. At the close of the first term, which was
regarded as an experiment, opportunity was given for the students
to have their vacation, and engage in whatever work they chose to
do. But everyone begged that the school might be continued as
before, with manual labor each day combined with certain hours of
study. The students did not want to give up the present opportunity
of learning how to labor and how to study. If this is their choice
under the most disadvantageous circumstances, what influence will
it have when the school buildings are up and there are more favorable
surroundings for the students?
The building they now occupy, the only one at all fit for the
purpose, was an old hotel which we rented and are using to its
fullest capacity. Four tents pitched in an adjoining paddock are also
occupied by students. Every morning at six o’clock the members of
the school are called together for morning worship and Bible study.
These occasions have proved a blessing....
I spoke to the students eight mornings. The Lord Jesus was
indeed in our assembly. The congregation averaged from twenty-six
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to thirty. In the first meetings the spirit of intercession came upon
me, and all were sensible that the Lord heard our prayers. Then I
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