Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

to Christ if we will work for them.
Let all to whom these words may come be
melted and subdued, Let us in our educational
work embrace far more than we have done of the
children and youth, and there will be a whole army
of missionaries raised up to work for God. I say
again, establish schools for the children where
there are churches, let there be schools. Work as if
you were working for your life to save children
from being drowned in the polluting, corrupting
influences of this life.
Too much is centered in Battle Creek. I need
not advise that the sound of ax and hammer be
heard in Battle Creek in erecting new buildings.
There are places where our schools should have
been in operation years ago. Let these now be
started under wise directors. The youth should be
educated in their own churches. In America you
can build three school houses cheaper than we can
build one in this country. It is a grievous offense to
God that there has been so great neglect to make
provision for the improvement of the children and
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