Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

employment should be given them which will call
the muscles into exercise. Daily, systematic labor
should constitute a part of the education of the
youth, even at this late period. Much can now be
gained by connecting labor with schools. In
following this plan, the students will realize
elasticity of spirit and vigor of thought, and will be
able to accomplish more mental labor in a given
time than they could by study alone. And they can
leave school with their constitutions unimpaired,
and with strength and courage to persevere in any
position in which the providence of God may place
them.
The 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 do. These leisure
hours are frequently spent in a reckless manner.
The knowledge of bad habits is communicated
from one to another, and vice is greatly increased.
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