Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

present wrongs to be corrected, lest the opposite
extreme shall be taken. You must not let the
students suppose that their education is to be loose
and haphazard. Let the students, the young
especially, study books that are free from infidelity.
As fast as possible let the youth perfect their
knowledge of the common branches. Bring in the
Word of God and its principles as the foundation of
a solid education. Not all the youth are to receive a
medical education in order to be fitted for labor.
Young boys and girls need to go through the proper
period of discipline in the study of the common
branches and Bible lessons. But let them have no
encouragement that they can engage in medical
missionary work, unless they give evidence of
thorough conversion.
When men and women are sent to our schools
to learn how to work for the Master, do not teach
them that they must have a five years' drill in Latin
and Greek. Many who take this course come from
the school deficient in a knowledge of the Bible.
They know scarcely anything of the reasons of our
faith. Teach the students solidly. Teach them how
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