Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

are to be learning the lessons that the God of
heaven values.
The most important work for our educational
institutions to do at this time is to set before the
world an example that will honor God. Holy angels
through human agencies are to supervise the work,
and every department is to bear the mark of divine
excellence. Let the word of God be made the chief
book of study, that the students may learn to live
by every word that Christ has given.
All our health institutions, all our publishing
houses, and all our institutions of learning, are to
be conducted more and more like the divine model
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 practice. 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
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