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

e a positive necessity for many to leave their
homes and go to work among people of other
tongues; and those who have some knowledge of
these languages will be able to communicate with
those who do not know the truth.
The Character of Teachers
The well-being, the happiness, the religious
life, of the families with which the youth are
connected, the prosperity and piety of the church of
which they are members, are largely dependent
upon the religious education that they receive in
our schools. Because our schools have been
established for so high and holy a purpose, the
teachers should be men and women whose lives are
purified by the grace of Christ, who are cultured in
mind and refined in manners. And they should
have a vivid sense of the perils of this time, and the
work that must be accomplished to prepare a
people to stand in the day of God. They should
ever pursue a course that will command the respect
of their students. The youth have a right to expect
that a Christian teacher will reach a high standard,
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