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

Satan had accomplished. Serious is the
consequence of even one such departure from the
instruction that God has given concerning our
schools. Once the barriers are broken down, the
advance of the enemy will be marked, unless the
Lord shall humble hearts and convert minds.
The effort to regain that which was lost by the
proceedings of that afternoon cost the teachers
much labor. They were severely tried. With the
students there was seen a desire for further pleasure
and less regard for the instruction of God’s word.
The Lord of heaven was thus dishonored, and the
indulgence of the desires of the human heart in sin
and love of pleasure was the education received.
Let those who are educating the youth govern
themselves according to the high and holy
principles that Christ has given in His word. Let
them remember that, as far as possible, they are to
recover the ground that has been lost, that they may
bring into our schools the spirituality that was seen
in the schools of the prophets.
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