Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

without being told. They have not been taught to
bear burdens and to contradict natural inclinations.
It is not a mark of a lady or gentleman to
disdain restraint, either in the home or in the
school. Bear in mind that if you are children of
God, you should be under subjection, whether it is
at home or school authority. Christ will give grace
in all things. Religion can only bless the life it
influences. All who exclude its influence shut out
also the blessing that ever follows well-doing. If
we exclude the sunshine from our rooms, and then
complain of darkness, who is to blame? If you long
for joy and gladness, open the door of your heart to
the sunbeams of the Sun of Righteousness.
Happiness is yours if you will have it; for
happiness is composed of little things, as well as of
large.
This school is to be a family school.
Tenderness, sympathy, unity, and love are to be
cherished. The teachers are to have a care for the
health and happiness of the students, and seek to
advance them in every essential branch of
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