Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

school, and by their perversity will make the heart
of the teacher sad. But let not the teacher become
discouraged. Test and trial bring experience. If the
children and disobedient and unruly, there is all the
more need of strenuous effort. The fact that there
are children with such characters is one of the
reasons why church schools should be established.
The children that parents have neglected to educate
and discipline aright must be saved.
Never give up the school work in a place where
a church school has been established, unless God
plainly directs that this should be done. With God's
help, the teacher may do a grand, saving work in
changing the order of things. If the teacher works
patiently, earnestly, perseveringly, in Christ's lines,
the reformatory work done in the school will
extend to the homes of the children, creating a
purer, more refined, more Christlike atmosphere.
This is indeed missionary work of the highest
order. Teachers who do this work are doing God
service for this life and for the life eternal.
Parents also have a part to act in this work. Let
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