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[Pages:544]Fundamentals of Christian Education

Ellen G. White

1923

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Ellen G. White (1827-1915) is considered the most widely translated American author, her works having been published in more than 160 languages. She wrote more than 100,000 pages on a wide variety of spiritual and practical topics. Guided by the Holy Spirit, she exalted Jesus and pointed to the Scriptures as the basis of one's faith.

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PREFACE

The first collection of articles from the pen of Mrs. E. G. White on the subject of Christian education was published in 1886. The pamphlet containing this instruction was entitled "Selections From the Testimonies Concerning the Subject of Education." A reprint and enlargement of this booklet was brought out in 1893, under the title "Christian Education." Later a supplement to "Christian Education" was issued containing additional matter. In 1897, "Special Testimonies on Education" was published. This small volume contained articles of incalculable value to our teachers. The instruction in this book had never appeared before and constituted the major part of the author's writings on education during the years 1893-1896. In the year 1900 a copyright was issued for Testimonies, Volume VI. This volume included a large section on education and stressed the need of educational reform.

The book "Education" was issued in 1903, dealing with the larger problems and principles in school work, while in 1913 "Counsels to Teachers, Parents, and Students Regarding Christian Education" first appeared, dealing with the many detail problems that are common in educational practice.

The articles in this present volume have been drawn from various sources. They have been selected from "Christian Education," "Special Testimonies on Education," "Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene," Review and Herald, Signs of the Times, Youth's Instructor, and Bible Echo. With the exception of one article, "Proper Education," No selections have been made from any other volumes of the author's writings already in print. The two manuscript articles, "Suspension of Students" and "Correct School Discipline," have been inserted by the permission of the Trustees of the Mrs. E. G. White estate and with the counsel of the

General Conference brethren. These two manuscripts were written more than twenty-five years ago and were available at that time to school principals. These two articles should be read together.

All articles are printed without abridgement and are arranged chronologically. The advantage of reading complete articles arranged in the order in which they were written will have its special appeal owing to the value of a historical setting. The supplementary list of articles at the close of the various chapters, together with the table of contents, will constitute a reasonably complete list of the writings of the author on the subject of Christian Education.

This book is sent forth with the hope that it may be of inestimable value to the hundreds of teachers who have not had the privilege of reading this instruction. May it also awaken renewed interest and study by those who may have read it before, and may we all be deeply moved to follow more faithfully in our daily practice the principles so clearly set forth.

General Conference Department of Education.

Contents

Information about this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Further Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 End User License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chap. 1--Proper Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Close Confinement at School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Physical Decline of the Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Importance of Home Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Physical Labor for Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Chap. 2--Christ an Educator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Chap. 3--An Appeal for Our Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Chap. 4--Thoughts on Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Chap. 5--A Visit to College City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Chap. 6--The Home and the School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Chap. 7--The Importance of Physical Training . . . . . . . . 71 Chap. 8--Daniel's Integrity Under Test . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Chap. 9--The Importance of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Importance of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Chap. 10--Danger of Reading Fictitious and Infidel Books . . 92 Chap. 11--The Schools of the Ancient Hebrews . . . . . . . . 95 Chap. 12--Courtship and Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Chap. 13--Importance of Training in the Work of God . . . . 107 Chap. 14--Proper Education of the Young . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Chap. 15--The Value of Bible Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Chap. 16--The Book of Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Chap. 17--Parental Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Chap. 18--Education and Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Chap. 19--Home Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Chap. 20--Mental Inebriates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Chap. 21--Books in Our Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Chap. 22--The Teacher of Truth the Only Safe Educator . . . 174 Chap. 23--The Treasures With Which to Store the Mind . . . 181 Chap. 24--The Science of Salvation the First of Sciences . . . 186

Chap. 25--Christian Character Exemplified in Teachers and Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Chap. 26--The World By Wisdom Knew Not God . . . . . . 196 Chap. 27--The Relation of Education to the Work of God . . 201 Chap. 28--The Need of Trained Workers . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Chap. 29--To Teachers and Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Chap. 30--The Best Education and Its Purpose . . . . . . . . 231 Chap. 31--Christ as Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Chap. 32--The Education Most Essential for Gospel Workers 242 Chap. 33--Students Deciding their Eternal Destiny . . . . . . 245 Chap. 34--Formality, Not Organization, an Evil . . . . . . . . 253 Chap. 35--To Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Chap. 36--Suspension of Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Chap. 37--To the Students at Battle Creek College . . . . . . 285 Chap. 38--Students Required to be Workers with God . . . . 291 Chap. 39--Words to Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Chap. 40--Study the Bible for Yourselves . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Chap. 41--Work and Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Chap. 42--The Basis of True Education . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Chap. 43--Beware of Imitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Chap. 44--Speedy Preparation for the Work . . . . . . . . . . 334 Chap. 45--The Essential Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 Chap. 46--Diligent and Thorough Education . . . . . . . . . 373 Chap. 47--Books and Authors in Our Schools . . . . . . . . . 381 Chap. 48--The Great Lesson Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Chap. 49--Higher Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 Chap. 50--The Divine Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Chap. 51--True Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 Chap. 52--Manual Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 Chap. 53--Educational Influence of Surroundings . . . . . . . 421 Chap. 54--Importance of Physical Culture . . . . . . . . . . . 425 Chap. 55--The True Higher Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 Chap. 56--Christ's Example in Contrast with Formalism . . . 438 Chap. 57--A Divine Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 Chap. 58--The Bible the Most Important Book for Education

in Our Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 Chap. 59--Correct School Discipline . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

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