Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

them the privileges they do the seamstress, the
copyist, and the teacher of music. But there can be
no employment more important than that of
housework. To cook well, to present healthful food
upon the table in an inviting manner, requires
intelligence and experience. The one who prepares
the food that is to be placed in our stomachs, to be
converted into blood to nourish the system,
occupies a most important and elevated position.
The position of copyist, dressmaker, or music
teacher cannot equal in importance that of the
cook.
The foregoing is a statement of what might
have been done by a proper system of education.
Time is too short now to accomplish that which
might have been done in past generations; but we
can do much, even in these last days, to correct the
existing evils in the education of youth. And
because time is short, we should be in earnest and
work zealously to give the young that education
which is consistent with our faith. We are
reformers. We desire that our children should study
to the best advantage. In order to do this,
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