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

other things also they are incompetent and
inefficient. They cannot read the Scriptures without
hesitating, mispronouncing words, and jumbling
them together in such a manner that the word of
God is abused. Those who cannot read correctly
should learn to do so, and should become apt to
teach, before they attempt to stand before the
public.
The teachers in our schools are obliged to apply
themselves closely to study, that they may be
prepared to instruct others. These teachers are not
accepted until they have passed a critical
examination, and their capabilities to teach have
been tested by competent judges. No less caution
should be used in the examination of ministers;
those who are about to enter upon the sacred work
of teaching Bible truth to the world should be
carefully examined by faithful, experienced men.
The teaching in our schools is not to be the
same as in other colleges and seminaries. It is not
to be of an inferior order; the knowledge essential
to prepare a people to stand in the great day of God
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