Chapter 57—The Education of Our Children Dear Sister C,If God in His providence has established a school among our own people in -----, and if in place of sending your daughter where she would be in the society and under the influence of those who love the truth, you place her in ----- Seminary, where she will be associated with a worldly class who have no respect for God or His law, I ask you how you expect the Lord will work to counteract the evil influence that must surround her and which you have voluntarily chosen. Will He commission His angels to do the work which He has left for you to do? God does not work in that way; He expects us to follow the light He has given in His word. {5T 505.1}

Kære søster C: Når Gud i sit forsyn har oprettet en skole blandt vore egne folk i ___ og i stedet for at sende din datter der hen, hvor hun kommer i selskab og bliver påvirket af dem, som elsker sandheden, sender du hende til ___ seminariet, hvor hun omgås en verdslig klasse, som ikke har respekt for Gud eller hans lov, spørger jeg dig hvordan du kan forvente at Herren vil kunne modvirke den onde indflydelse, som omgiver hende, som du har valgt frivilligt. Vil han hverve sine engle til at gøre det arbejde, som han har overladt til dig? Gud arbejder ikke på den måde; han forventer at vi følger det lys han har givet i sit ord.