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

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What influence do you think it would have <strong>to</strong><br />

publish in your announcement of the school that<br />

you will endeavor <strong>to</strong> give the students a training<br />

that will prepare them for the future, immortal life<br />

because you desire <strong>to</strong> see them live throughout the<br />

ceaseless ages of eternity? I believe such a<br />

statement would have a far greater influence upon<br />

the brethren <strong>and</strong> sisters of this conference, <strong>and</strong><br />

upon the community in the midst of which the<br />

school is established, than would the display of a<br />

number of courses of study in ancient <strong>and</strong> modern<br />

languages <strong>and</strong> other higher branches of study.<br />

Let the school prove itself. Then the patrons<br />

will not be disappointed, <strong>and</strong> the students will not<br />

claim that they were promised instruction in certain<br />

studies which, after entering the school, they were<br />

not permitted <strong>to</strong> take up.<br />

Let it be unders<strong>to</strong>od at the beginning that the<br />

Bible lies at the foundation of all education. An<br />

earnest study of God’s word, resulting in<br />

transformation of character <strong>and</strong> in a fitness for<br />

service, will make the Fern<strong>and</strong>o school a power for<br />

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