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Who: We have come to a time when every member of the church should take hold of medical missionary work. The
world is a lazar house filled with victims of both physical and spiritual disease. Everywhere people are perishing
for lack of a knowledge of the truths that have been committed to us. The members of the church are in need of
an awakening, that they may realize their responsibility to impart these truths. Testimonies, vol. 7, p. 62.
What: A "speedy preparation for doing the work that is essential for this time." Counsel to Teachers 413
When:
Where:
Why: To restore in man the image of his Maker, to bring him back to the perfection in which he was created, to
promote the development of body, mind, and soul, that the divine purpose in his creation might be realized This is the
object of education, the great object of life. Education, p. 15.
Part 1The Way, the Truth and The Life
LIGHT FROM CALVARY
MS 70, 1901. The Sacrifice of Christ as an atonement for sin is the great truth around which all other truths cluster. In
order to be rightly understood and appreciated, every truth in the word of God, from Genesis to Revelation, must be
studied in the light which streams from the cross of calvary, and in connection with the wondrous central truth of the
Saviours atonement.
THE UNDERSTANDING HEART
King Solomons request for an understanding heart
1 Kings 3:9-10.
John 6:45. "It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God."
The result of being taught of God: "And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy
children." (Isaiah 54:13).
Counsels to Teachers, p. 447. "The first great lesson in all education is to know and understand the will of God. . . . The
confusion in education has come because the wisdom and knowledge of God has not been exalted."
1 Corinthians 3:19. "For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. . . ."
Counsels to Teachers p. 423. "Man's words, if of any value, echo the words of God."
Ministry of Healing, p. 453. "Often the education and training of a lifetime must be discarded, that one may become a
learner in the school of Christ."
Education, p. 296. "`Something better' is the watchword of education, the law of all true living. Whatever Christ asks us
to renounce, He offers in its stead something better."
Education, p. 77. "Jesus followed the divine plan of education. The schools of His time, with their magnifying of things
small and their belittling of things great, He did not seek. His education was gained directly from the Heaven-appointed
sources; from useful work, from the study of the Scriptures and of nature, and from the experiences of lifeGod's lesson
books, full of instruction to all who bring to them the willing hand, the seeing eye, and the understanding heart."
Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 5, p. 214. "Jesus is the only true pattern. Everyone must now search the Bible for
himself upon his knees before God, with the humble, teachable heart of a child, if he would know what the Lord requires
of him."
SCHEDULE
Evangelism, p. 649.2. God has entrusted His sacred work to men, and He asks that they shall do it carefully. Regularity
in all things is essential. Never be late to an appointment.
Education, p. 205.4. The importance of regularity in the time for eating and sleeping should not be overlooked.
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Ministry of Healing, p. 208. "If every moment were valued and rightly employed, we should have time for everything
that we need to do for ourselves or for the world."
Ministry of Healing, p. 456. "We must turn away from a thousand topics that invite attention."
DIET
Counsels on Health p. 67. "Wrong habits of eating and drinking lead to errors in thought and action."
Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 43. Let none who profess godliness regard with indifference the health of the body, and
flatter themselves that intemperance is no sin, and will not affect their spirituality. A close sympathy exists between the
physical and the moral nature.
Ministry of Healing, p. 296. Grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables constitute the diet chosen for us by our Creator
SLEEP
Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 7, p. 247. "Proper periods of sleep and rest and an abundance of physical exercise are
essential to health of body and mind."
Counsels to Teachers, p. 297. "In regulating the hours for sleep, there should be no haphazard work. Students should
not form the habit of burning the midnight oil, and taking the hours of the day for sleep. If they have been accustomed to
doing this at home, they should correct the habit, going to bed at a seasonable hour. They will then rise in the morning
refreshed for the duties of the day. In our schools the lights should be put out at half past nine."
DRESS
Ministry of Healing, p. 287. The Bible teaches modesty in dress.which Gods word enjoins.
Education, p. 246. No education can be complete that does not teach right principles in regard to dress. Without such
teaching, the work of education is too often retarded and perverted. Love of dress, and devotion to fashion, are among the
teacher's most formidable rivals and most effective hindrances.
4 Testimonies, p. 634. To protect the people of God from the corrupting influence of the world, as well as to promote
physical and moral health, the dress reform was introduced among us. It was not intended to be a yoke of bondage, but a
blessing; not to increase labor, but to save labor; not to add to the expense of dress, but to save expense.
1 Testimonies, p. 421. There is an increasing tendency to have women in their dress and appearance as near like the
other sex as possible, and to fashion their dress very much like that of men, but God pronounces it abomination.
ASSOCIATION
Counsels to Teachers, p. 100. "While at school, students should not allow their minds to become confused by thoughts
of courtship. They are there to gain a fitness to work for God, and this thought is ever to be uppermost."
Medical Ministry, p. 145. "While men and women in an institution for health should be kind and courteous, while they
are required to be affable and congenial toward all, they should shun even the appearance of undue familiarity."
Counsels on Health, pp. 363, 364. "The light given me of the Lord regarding this matter is that as far as possible lady
physicians should care for lady patients, and gentleman physicians have the care of gentlemen patients "Delicate
treatments should not be given by male physicians to women in our institutions. Never should a lady patient be alone
with a gentleman physician, either for special examination or for treatment ". . . Women should be thoroughly
educated to work for women, and men to work for men."
OUR SPECIAL PLACE
Esther 4:14. "And who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"
Education, p. 263. "To every household and every school, to every parent, teacher, and child upon whom has shone the
light of the gospel, comes at this crisis the question put to Esther the queen at that momentous crisis in Israel's history,
`Who knoweth whether thou are come to the kingdom for such a time as this?'"
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Jeremiah 1:4-5. "Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee;
and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations."
5 Testimonies, p. 511. "Until you have the resolution to obey God's will you cannot have His guidance."
THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER
Pamphlet 131, Church Schools, p. 18. The great aim of the teacher should be the perfection of Christian character in
himself and in his students."
6 Testimonies, p. 131. Above all other books, the word of God must be our study, the great textbook, the basis of all
education
THE OBJECT OF EDUCATION
Patriarchs & Prophets, p. 595. "The true object of education is to restore the image of God in the soul."
WILL YOUR EXPERIENCE BE A WASTE OF TIME?
Ministry of Healing, p. 402. "It is the use they make of knowledge that determines the value of their education. To
spend a long time in study, with no effort to impart what is gained, often proves a hindrance rather than a help to real
development."

Part 2School of the Prophets

Loma Linda Messages p. 535. The world will never be warned if we take it so easy. We know how it was with the
schools of the prophets. We know that they were learning out of the Scriptures and that they were praising GOD;
because they understood the Scriptures, GOD was glorified . . . The school of the prophets was a special school to get the
endowment of the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD and then go forth into the dark places of the earth and seek for those who
would listen to the testimony that they had to bring.
Most of the following references are taken from Patriarchs & Prophets, the chapter entitled The Schools of the
Prophets (pages 592-602).
(Page 592.1) The Lord Himself directed the education of Israel. His care was not restricted to their religious interests;
whatever affected their mental or physical well-being was also the subject of divine providence, and came within the
sphere of divine law.
(Page 593.1) The schools of the prophets were founded by Samuel to serve as a barrier against the widespread
corruption, to provide for the moral and spiritual welfare of the youth, and to promote the future prosperity of the nation
by furnishing it with men qualified to act in the fear of God as leaders and counselors.
(Pages 593.4) The chief subjects of study in these schools were the law of God, with the instructions given to Moses,
sacred history, sacred music, and poetry. The manner of instruction was far different from that in the theological schools
of the present day, from which many students graduate with less real knowledge of God and religious truth than when
they entered. In those schools of the olden time it was the grand object of all study to learn the will of God and man's
duty toward Him.
(Page 594.1) Not only were students taught the duty of prayer, but they were taught how to pray . . .
(Page 594.3) Music forms a part of God's worship in the courts above, and we should endeavor, in our songs of praise,
to approach as nearly as possible to the harmony of the heavenly choirs. The proper training of the voice is an important
feature in education and should not be neglected. Singing, as a part of religious service, is as much an act of worship as is
prayer. The heart must feel the spirit of the song to give it right expression.
Luke 11:1. "And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto
him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples."
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(Page 595.1) . . . real success in education depends upon the fidelity with which men carry out the Creator's plan.
(Page 595.2) The true object of education is to restore the image of God in the soul. In the beginning God created man
in His own likeness. He endowed him with noble qualities. His mind was well balanced, and all the powers of his being
were harmonious. But the Fall and its effects have perverted these gifts. Sin has marred and well-nigh obliterated the
image of God in man. It was to restore this that the plan of salvation was devised, and a life of probation was granted to
man. To bring him back to the perfection in which he was first created is the great object of life--the object that underlies
every other. It is the work of parents and teachers, in the education of the youth, to co-operate with the divine purpose;
and in so doing they are "laborers together with God." 1 Corinthians 3:9.
(Page 596.2) It is a law of the mind that it gradually adapts itself to the subjects upon which it is trained to dwell.
If occupied with commonplace matters only, it will become dwarfed and enfeebled. If never required to grapple with
difficult problems, it will after a time almost lose the power of growth. As an educating power the Bible is without a
rival. In the word of God the mind finds subject for the deepest thought, the loftiest aspiration. The Bible is the most
instructive history that men possess. It came fresh from the fountain of eternal truth, and a divine hand has preserved its
purity through all the ages. It lights up the far-distant past, where human research seeks vainly to penetrate. In God's
word we behold the power that laid the foundation of the earth and that stretched out the heavens. Here only can we find
a history of our race unsullied by human prejudice or human pride. Here are recorded the struggles, the defeats, and the
victories of the greatest men this world has ever known. Here the great problems of duty and destiny are unfolded. The
curtain that separates the visible from the invisible world is lifted, and we behold the conflict of the opposing forces of
good and evil, from the first entrance of sin to the final triumph of righteousness and truth; and all is but a revelation of
the character of God. In the reverent contemplation of the truths presented in His word the mind of the student is brought
into communion with the infinite mind. Such a study will not only refine and ennoble the character, but it cannot fail to
expand and invigorate the mental powers.
(Page 599.2) In the study of the sciences also we are to obtain a knowledge of the Creator. All true science is but an
interpretation of the handwriting of God in the material world. Science brings from her research only fresh evidences of
the wisdom and power of God. Rightly understood, both the book of nature and the written word make us acquainted
with God by teaching us something of the wise and beneficent laws through which He works.
(Page 599.3) The student should be led to see God in all the works of creation. Teachers should copy the example of the
Great Teacher, who from the familiar scenes of nature drew illustrations that simplified His teachings and impressed
them more deeply upon the minds of His hearers. The birds caroling in the leafy branches, the flowers of the valley, the
lofty trees, the fruitful lands, the springing grain, the barren soil, the setting sun gilding the heavens with its golden
beams--all served as means of instruction. He connected the visible works of the Creator with the words of life which He
spoke, that whenever these objects should be presented to the eyes of His hearers, their thoughts might revert to the
lessons of truth He had linked with them.
Christian Education, p. 11. Had the system of education generations back been conducted upon altogether a different
plan, the youth of this generation would not now be so depraved and worthless. The managers and teachers of schools
should have been those who understood physiology, and who had an interest, not only to educate youth in the sciences,
but to teach them how to preserve health, in order to use their knowledge to the best account after they had obtained it.
There should have been in connection with the schools, establishments for various branches of labor, that the students
might have employment, and necessary exercise out of school hours.