Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

eason that today so many mistakes are made in
accounts is not because those in charge of them are
dishonest, but because they do not have a thorough
knowledge of bookkeeping. They are not prompt in
making a faithful, daily estimate of their outgo.
These mistakes have placed them in the ranks of
dishonest men, when designedly, they are not
dishonest. Many a youth, because ignorant of how
to keep accounts, has made mistakes which have
caused him serious trouble. Those who have a
living interest in the cause and work of God should
not allow themselves to settle down with the idea
that they are not required to know how to keep
books.
Education, true education, means much. The
time devoted in school to learning how to eat with
your fork in place of your knife is not the most
essential. These little matters of form and
ceremony should not occupy time and strength.
Those students who are at first coarse and awkward
will soon overcome this. If the teachers are
themselves courteous and kind and attentive, if
they are true in heart and soul, if they do their work
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