Let these schools now be started under wise direction, that the children and youth may be educated in their own churches. It is a grievous offense to God that there has been so great neglect in this line when Providence has so abundantly supplied us with facilities with which to work. But though in the past we have come short of doing what we might have done for the youth and children, let us now repent and redeem the time. The Lord says: “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land.” Isaiah 1:18, 19. {6T 199.3}

Lad disse skoler blive påbegyndt under en forstandig ledelse, således at børnene og de unge kan uddannes i deres egne menigheder. Det er en stor forsyndelse mod Gud, at der har været så megen forsømmelighed på dette område, når Herren så rigeligt har givet os hjælpemidler til at virke med. Men selv om vi tidligere ikke har gjort, hvad vi kunne have gjort for de unge og for børnene, lad os nu vende om og indhente det forsømte. Herren siger: »Er eders synder som skarlagen, skal de blive hvide som sne; er de end røde som purpur, de skal dog blive som uld. Lyder I villigt, skal I æde landets goder.« Es. 1,18-19.