Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

children are to be taught something more than
merely how to read. Industrial lines of work are to
be carried forward. The children and youth are to
be provided with facilities for learning trades that
will enable them to support themselves.
This work will require talent, and above
everything else, the grace of God. The colored
youth will be far more difficult to manage than the
white youth, because they have not been taught
from their childhood to make the best use of their
time. There are very many of them who have had
no opportunity to learn how to take care of
themselves. Those who for years have been
working to help the colored people, know their
needs; and they are best fitted to start schools for
them.
As far as possible, these schools should be
established outside of the cities. But in the cities
there are many children who could not attend
school away from the cities; and for the benefit of
these, schools should be started in the cities as well
as outside the cities.
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