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Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students	Page
Preface	5
Section 1—The Higher Education
The Essential Knowledge	11
The First of Sciences	19
The Teacher of Truth the Only Safe Educator	25
Unselfish Service the Law of Heaven	32
Section 2—The Aim of Our Schools
Our Children and Youth Demand Our Care	41
The Primal Object of Education	49
The Heavenly Pattern	56
Character Building	61
Teachers and Teaching	64
Section 3—General Principles
The Right Education	73
Our College	86
Deportment of Students	98
Section 4—The Home School
The Child’s First School	107
Safeguarding the Young	119
What Shall Our Children Read?	132
The Parable of the Growing Seed	140
Teaching Lessons of Helpfulness	145
Co-operation Between the Home and the School	150
Home Schools	158
Section 5—The Church School
Our Responsibility	165
The Work to Be Done for Our Children	168
The Work of the Church School	173
Christ as the Example and Teacher of Youth	178
The Bible Lesson	181
Teaching from Nature	185
Under Discipline to Christ	191
Section 6—The Intermediate School
Intermediate Schools	203
Value of the Common Branches	215
The Influence Of Association	220
Section 7—The Teacher And The Work
Some Of The Christian Teacher’s Needs	229
The Necessity Of Doing Our Best	237
A Deeper Consecration	248
The Importance Of Simplicity	253
A Caution	256
The Great Teacher	259
Christian Discipline	264
Section 8—Study And Labor
The Dignity Of Labor	278
Words of Counsel	281
Physical Labor for Students	285
Health and Efficiency	294
Some Principles of Healthful Dressing	302
A Practical Training	307
Section 9—Recreation
As Lights in the World	321
Dangerous Amusements for the Young	325
Establishing Right Principles in the Youth	331
Christian Recreation	336
Worldly Amusements	338
Holidays Unto God	343
How to Spend Holidays	346
The Danger in Amusements	348
Section 10—The Holy Spirit In Our Schools
The Teacher’s Need Of The Holy Spirit’s Aid	357
A Failure to Recognize God’s Messenger	363
Manifest Working of the Holy Spirit	369
Section 11—Profitable Study
The False and the True in Education	377
The Knowledge that Endures	389
In Co-Operation with Christ	397
To Teachers and Students	401
A Speedy Preparation for Work	404
Section 12—The Bible in Education
God’s Word a Treasure House	421
The Book of Books	427
The Bible Teacher	431
A Failure to Study God’s Word	438
Some Results of Bible Study	448
The Word and Works of God	453
Study the Bible for Yourselves	460
Section 13—Medical Studies
A Call for Gospel Medical Missionaries	465
The Medical Student	474
Spiritual Growth	485
Section 14—A Missionary Training
Education a Fitting for Service	493
Gaining Efficiency	500
Efficiency Through Service	507
The Education Most Essential for Gospel Workers	509
“According that a Man Hath”	511
Young Men as Missionaries	514
Co-operation Between Schools and Sanitariums	519
A Broader View	524
An Encouraging Experience	529
A Missionary Education	531
The Youth to Be Burden Bearers	535
Literary Societies	541
Student Missionary Work	545