Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

sent." "Neither be ye lords over God's heritage, but
be ye ensamples to the flock."
Let the teachers who claim to be Christians be
learning daily in the school of Christ his lessons.
"Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am
meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto
your souls." I ask you, Is every educator in the
school wearing the yoke of Christ, or
manufacturing yokes of his own to place upon the
necks of others, yokes which they themselves will
not wear, sharp, severe, exacting; and this, too,
while they are carrying themselves very loosely
toward God, offending every day in little and larger
matters, and making it evident in words, in spirit,
and in actions, that they are not a proper example
for the students, and are not having a sense that
they are under discipline to the greatest Teacher the
world ever knew. There needs to be a higher, holier
mold on the school in Battle Creek, and in other
schools which have taken their mold from it. The
customs and practices of the Battle Creek school
go forth to all the churches, and the pulse heartbeats
of that school are felt throughout the body of
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