Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

Chapter 23
Study for Time and Eternity
The school located in Avondale is to be
conducted in accordance with the mind and will of
God. Every student should work from principle, his
motto being, I study for time and for eternity. I use
my muscles to do the very things that some one
must do. Students should perform physical labor in
the early morning and in the cool of the day, using
the hours during the heat of the day for study. The
limbs and muscles are God's gift just as verily as
are riches and intellect. Every part of the human
machinery must be used proportionately, or else
some parts will be clogged and enfeebled. ...
It is just as essential to do the will of God when
erecting a building as when bearing a testimony in
meeting. In every building raised, if the workers
have brought the right principles into their
character-building, if they work with an eye single
to the glory of God, striving in all ways to do their
best, they will grow in grace and knowledge. This
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