Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

Chapter 98
The Battle Creek College Debt
October 8, 1903.
Brethren Magan and Sutherland and their
associates have wrestled with many difficulties in
connection with the educational work at Battle
Creek and Berrien Springs. But few have
understood how heavy has been the financial
burdens and how great have been the perplexities
brought to these brethren by the removal of the
school from Battle Creek at Berrien Springs. Much
was involved in the transfer, and in the constant
effort made to build up an educational institution
the work of which would be in accordance with the
exalted principles underlying Christian education.
In harmony with the instructions given by the
Lord, our brethren have devoted themselves to the
task of beginning anew, and of introducing into
their model school only those books and methods
of teaching that they thought would help the
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