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

for our youth and children in the past, let us now
repent, and redeem the time.[1]
The Responsibility of Church Members
There is no work more important than the
education of our youth. I am glad that we have
institutions where they can be separated from the
corrupting influences so prevalent in the schools of
the present day. Our brethren and sisters should be
thankful that in the providence of God our colleges
have been established, and should stand ready to
sustain them by their means. Every influence
should be brought to bear to educate the youth and
to elevate their morals. They should be trained to
have courage to resist the tide of moral pollution in
this degenerate age. With a firm hold upon divine
power, they may stand in society to mold and
fashion, rather than to be fashioned after the
world’s model.
When the youth come to our colleges, they
should not be made to feel that they have come
among strangers who do not care for their souls.
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