Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

The Establishment of Christian Schools
Some may ask, "How are such schools to be
established?" We are not a rich people, but if we
pray in faith, and let the Lord work in our behalf,
he will open ways before us to establish small
schools in retired places for the education of our
youth not only in the Scriptures and in booklearning,
but in many lines of manual labor.
The necessity for establishing such schools is
urged upon me very strongly because of the cruel
neglect of many parents properly to educate their
children in the home school. Multitudes of fathers
and mothers have seemed to think that if the lines
of control were put into the hands of their children,
they would develop into useful young men and
young women, but the Lord has instructed me in
regard to this matter. In the visions of the night I
saw standing by the side of these neglected
children the one who was cast out of the heavenly
courts because he originated sin. He, the enemy of
souls, was standing by, watching for opportunities
to gain control of the mind of every child whose
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