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

A Speedy Preparation for Work
The practice of furnishing a few students with
every advantage for perfecting their education in so
many lines that it would be impossible for them to
make use of them all is an injury rather than a
benefit to the one who has so many advantages,
and it deprives others of the privileges that they
need so much. If there were far less of this longcontinued
preparation, far less exclusive devotion
to study, there would be much more opportunity
for an increase of the student’s faith in God. ... It
has been shown me that some of the students are
losing their spirituality, that their faith is becoming
weak, and that they do not hold constant
communion with God. They spend nearly all their
time in the perusal of books; they seem to know
but little else. But what advantage will all this
preparation be to them? What benefit will they
derive for all the time and money spent? I tell you,
it will be worse than lost. ...
There should be most careful consideration as
to the best manner of expending money in the
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