Counsels for the Church - Ellen G. White

established in different countries where students of promise may be educated
in the practical branches of knowledge and in Bible truth. As these persons
engage in labor, they will give character to the work of present truth in the
new fields.
Besides the education of those who are to be sent out from our older
conferences as missionaries, persons in various parts of the world should be
trained to work for their own countrymen and their own neighbors; and as far
as possible it is better and safer for them to receive their education in the
field where they are to labor. It is seldom best, either for the worker or for
the advancement of the work, that he should go to distant lands for his
education.
As a church, as individuals, if we would stand clear in the judgment, we
must make more liberal efforts for the training of our young people, that they
may be better fitted for the various branches of the great work committed to
our hands. We should lay wise plans, in order that the ingenious minds of
those who have talent may be strengthened and disciplined, and polished
after the highest order, that the work of Christ may not be hindered for lack
of skillful laborers, who will do their work with earnestness and fidelity.
Moral Support of Our Institutions
Fathers and mothers should co-operate with the teacher, laboring
earnestly for the conversion of their children. Let them strive to keep the
spiritual interest fresh and wholesome in the home and to bring up their
children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Let them devote a portion
of each day to study and become learners with their children. Thus they may
make the educational hour one of pleasure and profit, and their confidence
will increase in this method of seeking for the salvation of their children.
Some of the students return home with murmuring and complaints, and
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