Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students - Ellen G. White

Our College
There is danger that our college will be turned
away from its original design. God’s purpose has
been made known--that our people should have an
opportunity to study the sciences, and at the same
time to learn the requirements of His word. Biblical
lectures should be given; the study of the
Scriptures should have the first place in our system
of education.
Students are sent from great distances to attend
the college at Battle Creek, for the very purpose of
receiving instruction from the lectures on Bible
subjects. But for one or two years past, there has
been an effort to mold our school after other
colleges. When this is done, we can give no
encouragement to parents to send their children to
Battle Creek College.
The moral and religious influences should not
be put in the background. In times past, God has
worked with the efforts of the teachers, and many
souls have seen the truth and embraced it, and have
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