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The Ministry of Health and Healing
The Work of the School
The home training should be supplemented by the work of the
school. The development of the whole being, physical, mental, and
spiritual, and the teaching of service and sacrifice, should be kept
constantly in view.
Above any other agency, service for Christ’s sake in the little
things of everyday experience has power to mold the character and
direct the life into lines of unselfish ministry. To awaken this spirit,
to encourage and rightly to direct it, is the parents’ and the teachers’
work. No more important work could be committed to them. The
spirit of ministry is the spirit of heaven, and angels will cooperate
with every effort to develop and encourage it.
Such an education must be based upon the Word of God. Here
only are its principles given in their fullness. The Bible should
be made the foundation of study and of teaching. The essential
knowledge is a knowledge of God and of Him whom He has sent.
Every child and every youth should have a knowledge of himself
or herself. Both boys and girls should understand the physical habi-
tation that God has given them and the laws by which it is kept in
health. All should be thoroughly grounded in the common branches
of education. And they should have industrial training that will make
them men and women of practical ability, fitted for the duties of ev-
eryday life. To this should be added training and practical experience
in various lines of missionary effort.
Learning by Imparting
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Let the youth advance as fast and as far as they can in acquiring
knowledge. Their field of study should be as broad as their powers
can compass. And, as they learn, they should impart their knowledge.
Thus their minds will acquire discipline and power. It is the use they
make of knowledge that determines the value of their education. To
spend a long time in study, with no effort to impart what is gained,
often proves a hindrance rather than a help to real development.
In both the home and the school, students should learn how to
study and how to impart the knowledge gained. Whatever their
calling, they are to be both learners and teachers as long as life shall