Choosing the School
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Bible Truth Neutralized; the Child Confused—Do our children
receive from the teachers in the public schools ideas that are in har-
mony with the Word of God? Is sin presented as an offense against
God? Is obedience to all the commandments of God taught as the
beginning of all wisdom? We send our children to the Sabbath school
that they may be instructed in regard to the truth, and then as they
go to the day school, lessons containing falsehood are given them to
learn. These things confuse the mind, and should not be; for if the
young receive ideas that pervert the truth, how will the influence of
this education be counteracted?
Can we wonder that under such circumstances some of the youth
among us do not appreciate religious advantages? Can we wonder
that they drift into temptation? Can we wonder that, neglected as they
have been, their energies are devoted to amusements which do them no
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good, that their religious aspirations are weakened, and their spiritual
life darkened? The mind will be of the same character as that upon
which it feeds, the harvest of the same nature as the seed sown. Do
not these facts sufficiently show the necessity of guarding from the
earliest years the education of the youth? Would it not be better for
the youth to grow up in a degree of ignorance as to what is commonly
accepted as education than for them to become careless in regard to
the truth of God
Schools in All Our Churches—In all our churches there should
be schools, and teachers in these schools who are missionaries. It is
essential that teachers be trained to act well their part in the important
work of educating the children of Sabbathkeepers, not only in the
sciences, but in the Scriptures. These schools, established in different
localities and conducted by God-fearing men or women, as the case
demands, should be built on the same principles as were the schools
of the prophets
Church Schools in the Cities—It is of the greatest importance
that church schools shall be established, to which the children may
be sent and still be under the watch care of their mothers and have
opportunity to practice the lessons of helpfulness that it is God’s design
they shall learn in the home....
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Testimonies For The Church 6:193, 194
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Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 168
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