Chapter 6—Students to do Missionary Work While in
Training
Object of Education
True education is missionary training. Every son and daughter of
God is called to be a missionary; we are called to the service of God
and our fellow men; and to fit us for this service should be the object
of our education.—
The Ministry of Healing, 395
.
It is to fortify the youth against the temptations of the enemy that
we have established schools where they may be qualified for usefulness
in this life and for the service of God throughout eternity.—
Counsels
to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 495
.
He who strives to obtain knowledge in order that he may labor for
the ignorant and perishing, is acting his part in fulfilling God’s great
purpose for mankind. In unselfish service for the blessing of others he
is meeting the high ideal of Christian education.—
Counsels to Parents,
Teachers, and Students, 545
.
The Lord calls for strong, devoted, self-sacrificing young men
and women, who will press to the front, and who, after a short time
spent in school, will go forth prepared to give the message to the
world.—
Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 549
.
Learning by Doing
It is necessary to their complete education that students be given
time to do missionary work—time to become acquainted with the
spiritual needs of the families in the community around them. They
should not be so loaded down with studies that they have no time to use
the knowledge they have acquired. They should be encouraged to make
earnest missionary effort for those in error, becoming acquainted with
them, and taking to them the truth. By working in humility, seeking
wisdom from Christ, praying and watching unto prayer, they may give
to others the knowledge that has enriched their lives.—
Counsels to
Parents, Teachers, and Students, 545, 546
.
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