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Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students
such teachers, foolish and unessential practices will be exchanged
for habits and practices befitting the sons and daughters of God.
As wickedness in the world becomes more pronounced, and
the teachings of evil are more fully developed and widely accepted,
the teachings of Christ are to stand forth exemplified in the lives
of converted men and women. Angels are waiting to co-operate in
every department of the work. This has been presented to me again
and again. At this time the people of God, men and women who are
truly converted, are to learn, under the training of faithful teachers,
the lessons that the God of heaven values.
The most important work of our educational institutions at this
time is to set before the world an example that will honor God. Holy
angels are to supervise the work through human agencies, and every
department is to bear the mark of divine excellence.
All our health institutions, all our publishing houses, all our insti-
tutions of learning, are to be conducted more and more in accordance
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with the instruction that has been given. When Christ is recognized
as the head of all our working forces, more and more thoroughly
will our institutions be cleansed from every common, worldly prac-
tice. The show and the pretense, and many of the exhibitions that
in the past have had a place in our schools, will find no place there
when teachers and students seek to carry out God’s will on earth
as it is done in heaven. Christ, as the chief working agency, will
mold and fashion characters after the divine order; and students and
teachers, realizing that they are preparing for the higher school in
the courts above, will put away many things that are now thought to
be necessary, and will magnify and follow the methods of Christ.
The thought of the eternal life should be woven into all to which
the Christian sets his hand. If the work performed is agricultural
or mechanical in its nature, it may still be after the pattern of the
heavenly. It is the privilege of the preceptors and teachers of our
schools to reveal in all their work the leading of the Spirit of God.
Through the grace of Christ every provision has been made for the
perfecting of Christlike characters; and God is honored when His
people, in all their social and business dealings, reveal the principles
of heaven.
The Lord demands uprightness in the smallest as well as in the
largest matters. Those who are accepted at last as members of the