Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

advanced education; but they have been so intent
on reaching the higher rounds of the ladder, that
they have never been humble enough to learn of
Christ. Had they placed their feet on the lower
rounds first, they could have made progress,
learning more and still more of the Great Teacher.
The instructors will find it greatly to their
advantage to take hold interestedly with the
students in manual labor, showing them how to
work, By cooperating with the youth in this
practical way, the teachers can bind the hearts of
the students to themselves by the cords of
sympathy and brotherly love. Christian kindness
and sociability are powerful factors in the winning
of the affections of the youth.
Teachers, take hold of the school work with
diligence and patience. Realize that your's is not a
common work. You are laboring for time and for
eternity, molding the minds of the students for
entrance into the higher school, the school above.
Every right principle, every truth, learned in an
earthly school will advance us just as much in the
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