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Child Guidance
line, when Providence has so abundantly supplied us with facilities
with which to work
An Established School Not to Be Abandoned—The schoolwork
in a place where a church school has been established should never be
given up unless God plainly directs that this should be done. Adverse
influences may seem to conspire against the school, but with God’s
help the teacher can do a grand, saving work in changing the order of
things
To Uplift Disobedient, Unruly Children—Sometimes there is
in the school a disorderly element that makes the work very hard.
Children who have not received a right education make much trouble,
and by their perversity make the heart of the teacher sad. But let
him not become discouraged. Test and trial bring experience. If the
children are disobedient and unruly, there is all the more need of
strenuous effort. The fact that there are children with such characters
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is one of the reasons why church schools should be established. The
children whom parents have neglected to educate and discipline must
be saved if possible
To Convert Worldly Youth—Years ago school buildings should
have been erected in other places besides-----, not large buildings,
but buildings suitable for church schools, in which the children and
youth could receive a true education. The lesson books used should
be of a character to bring the law of God to the attention. The Bible
should be made the foundation of education. In this work the light
and strength and power of the truth will be magnified. Youth from the
world, whose minds have not been depraved by habits of sensuality,
will connect with these schools and will there be converted.... This
kind of missionary work, I am instructed, will have a most telling
influence in extending the light and knowledge of truth
To Maintain the Highest Standards—The character of the work
done in our church schools should be of the very highest order. Jesus
Christ, the Restorer, is the only remedy for a wrong education; and
the lessons taught in His Word should ever be kept before the youth in
the most attractive form. The school discipline should supplement the
14
Testimonies For The Church 6:199, 200
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15
Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 157
.
16
Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 153
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17
Manuscript 150, 1899
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