Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

tends to promote health, to lengthen life, and to heighten our
enjoyment of all its blessings. It opens a never-failing fountain of
happiness. No real joy can be found in the path forbidden by Him
who knows what is best.
We may profitably study the physical as well as the religious
training in the schools of the Hebrews. There is a close relationship
between the mind and the body. In order to reach a high moral and
intellectual standard, we must obey the laws that control our
physical being.
And now, as in the days of Israel, every young person should
learn some type of manual labor. Young men and women should be
taught to work, even if they could be certain of never needing to
resort to manual labor for support. Without physical exercise, no one
can have vigorous health. The discipline of well-regulated labor is
essential to a strong and active mind and a noble character.
Every student should devote a portion of each day to active
work. This would shield the youth from many evil and degrading
practices that often result from being lazy. Work is in harmony with
the primary purpose of education.
If young people see the tender love the Father in heaven has
offered to them, and the dignity and honor to which He calls them--
even to become the sons and daughters of God--thousands will
firmly turn away from selfish aims and pleasures that have held their
attention until then. They will learn to hate sin, not merely because
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