Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

scholar by presenting his grievances, and mistakes,
and sins before the school. You can not do a work
more effectual to harden their hearts and confirm
them in evil than in doing this. Talk and pray with
them alone, and show the same tenderness Christ
has evidenced to you who are teachers. Never
encourage any one student to criticise and talk of
the faults of others; hide a multitude of sins in
every way possible by pursuing Christ's way to
cure them. This kind of educating will be a
blessing, made to tell in this life and stretching into
the future immortal life.
To place young men and young women in such
a field who have not developed a deep, earnest,
love for God and the souls for whom Christ has
died, is making a mistake which will result in the
loss of many precious souls. The teacher needs to
be susceptible to the influences of the Spirit of
God. Not one who will become impatient and
irritated, should be an educator. Teachers must
consider that they are dealing with children, not
men and women. They are children who have
everything to learn, and it is much more difficult
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