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True Higher Education, June 20 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God; thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. Psalm 143:10. “Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.” Those who do this …
Read in context… This training, the Lord has specified, is in harmony with the principles underlying true higher education. We hear a great deal about the higher education. The highest education is to follow in the footsteps of Christ, patterning after the example He gave when He …
Read in contextChapter 9—Education and Health For generations the prevailing system of education has been destructive to health, and even to life itself. Many parents and teachers fail to understand that in the child’s early years the greatest attention needs to be given to …
Read in contextChapter 3—Pure Education Education comprises more than a knowledge of books. Proper education includes not only mental discipline, but that training which will secure sound morals and correct deportment. In this age of the world, children should have strict watch-care. They should …
Read in context… Righteous principles will rule the life, and will be taught as the principles that rule in the education of heaven. When teachers seek with all their heart to bring true principles into the work of education, angels of God will be present to make …
Read in context… It needs men in whom ability is controlled by steadfast principle.94 How many can truthfully answer this question, What is the essential education for this time? Education means much more than many suppose. True education embraces physical, mental, and moral training, in order …
Read in context… The knowledge of God is the real essence of education. The education that would supersede this knowledge, or dismiss it from the mind, as Felix dismissed Paul when he spoke to him of temperance, righteousness, and judgment to come, is not of God. Paul …
Read in contextChapter 1—Proper Education It is the nicest work ever assumed by men and women to deal with youthful minds. The greatest care should be taken in the education of youth to vary the manner of instruction so as to call forth the high …
Read in contextCanvassing as an Education For the Ministry One of the very best ways in which young men can obtain a fitness for the ministry is by entering the canvassing field. Let them go into towns and cities to canvass for the books which contain …
Read in contextChapter 22—Industrial Reform Because difficulties arise, we are not to drop the industries that have been taken hold of as branches of education. While attending school the youth should have an opportunity for learning the use of tools. Under the guidance of experienced …
Read in context… Do not these facts sufficiently show the necessity of guarding from the earliest years the education of the youth? Would it not be better for the youth to grow up in a degree of ignorance as to what is commonly accepted as education than …
Read in context… There is a great deal of talk concerning higher education, and many suppose that higher education consists wholly in an education in science and literature; but this is not all. The highest education includes the knowledge of the word of God, and is comprehended …
Read in contextChapter 28—Relation of Dress to Education “In modest apparel.” “The King’s daughter is all glorious within.” No education can be complete that does not teach right principles in regard to dress. Without such teaching, the work of education is too often retarded …
Read in contextChapter 34—True Education a Missionary Training True education is missionary training. Every son and daughter of God is called to be a missionary. We are called to serve God and one another. To fit us for this service should be the object of …
Read in context… There is a great deal of talk concerning higher education, and many suppose that this higher education consists wholly in an education in science and literature; but this is not all. The highest education includes the knowledge of the word of God, and is …
Read in contextChapter 34—True Education, a Missionary Training True education is missionary training. Every son and daughter of God is called to be a missionary; we are called to the service of God and our fellow men; and to fit us for this service should …
Read in contextThe Results of Physical Inaction [Testimonies for the Church 3:148-152 (1872).] With the present plan of education, a door of temptation is opened to the youth. Although they generally have too many hours of study, they have many hours without anything to …
Read in contextChapter 19—True Principles in Education (Copied April 2, 1896.) I am constantly burdened in regard to the work that should be done for the youth; for how can they become missionaries for Christ unless a different kind of education be given them? The …
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