Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

e disrespectful, disobedient, unthankful, and
peevish, their sins lie at the door of the parents. It is
the special work of fathers and mothers to teach
their children with kindliness and affection. They
are to show that as parents they are the ones to hold
the lines, to govern, and not to be governed by their
children. They are to teach that obedience is
required of them, and thus they educate them to
submit to the authority of God.
In educating children and youth, teachers
should never allow one passionate word or gesture
to mar their works for in so doing they imbue the
students with the same spirit that they themselves
possess. The Lord would have our primary as well
as our more advanced schools, of that character
that angels of God can walk through the room, and
behold in the order and principles of government,
the order and government of heaven. This is
thought by many to be impossible; but every
school should begin with this, and should work
most earnestly to preserve the spirit of Christ in
temper, in communications, in instruction, the
teachers placing themselves in the channel of light
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