Chapter 25—Fragments
Christ as a Teacher.—When Jesus spoke, it was not with hesitating
uncertainty; his words came with an earnestness and assurance appro-
priate to their importance and the momentous consequences involved
in their reception or rejection. When his doctrines were opposed,
he defended them with so great zeal and certainty as to impress his
hearers that he would die, if need be, to sustain the authority of his
teachings.—
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The Relation of Education to the Work of God.—With the great
work before us of enlightening the world, we who believe the truth
should feel the necessity of thorough education in the practical
branches of knowledge, and especially our need of an education in
the truths of the Scriptures. Error of every character is now exalted as
truth, and it is our duty earnestly to search the sacred word, that we
may know what is truth, and be able intelligently to present it to others.
We shall be called upon to make known the reasons of our faith. We
shall have to stand before magistrates to answer for our allegiance to
the law of God. The Lord has called us out from the world that we
may be witnesses for his truth; and all through our ranks, young men
and women should be trained for positions of usefulness and influence.
They are privileged to become missionaries for God; but they cannot
be mere novices in education and in their knowledge of the word of
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God, and do justice to the sacred work to which they are appointed.
In every land the want of education among our workers is painfully
apparent. We realize that education is not only necessary to the proper
fulfillment of the duties of domestic life, but necessary for success in
all branches of usefulness .... Whatever business parents might think
suitable for their children, whether they desire them to become man-
ufacturers, agriculturists, mechanics, or to follow some professional
calling, they would reap great advantages from the discipline of an
education.... They need to be thoroughly furnished with the reasons
of our faith, to understand the Scriptures for themselves. Through
understanding the truths of the Bible, they will be better fitted to fill
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