One of the results of low tuition at Battle Creek has been the gathering together in one place of a larger number of students and a larger number of families than was wise. If two thirds of the people in Battle Creek were plants of the Lord in other localities, they would have room to grow. Greater results would have appeared if a portion of the time and energy bestowed on the large school in Battle Creek to keep it in a healthy condition had been used for schools in other localities where there is room for agricultural pursuits to be carried on as a part of the education. Had there been a willingness to follow the Lord’s ways and His plans, many plants would now be growing in other places. Over and over again the word of the Lord has come to us that plants both of churches and of schools should be made in other localities, that there were too many weighty responsibilities in one place. Get the people out of the large centers and establish interests in other places, is the instruction given. Had this instruction been heeded, had there been a distribution of means and facilities, the money expended on the extra college buildings at Battle Creek would have abundantly provided for two new plants in other localities, and the tree would have grown and borne such fruit as has not been seen, because men choose to follow their own wisdom. {6T 211.3}

En af følgerne af for lave skolepenge i Battle Creek har været, at der på ét sted samles et større antal elever og et større antal planter, end klogt var. Hvis to tredjedele af menigheden i Battle Creek (212) var Herrens planter på andre steder, ville de have plads til at vokse. Man ville have set større resultater, dersom en del af den tid og energi, der ofres på den store skole i Battle Creek for at bevare den i en sund tilstand, var blevet anvendt til skoler på andre steder, hvor pladsen tillader, at arbejdet med landbrug kunne indgå som et led i uddannelsen. Havde man været villig til at følge Herrens veje og hans planer, ville mange skoler nu have været i vækst på andre steder. Gang på gang er Herrens ord kommet til os om, at både menigheder og skoler skulle have været oprettet på andre steder og at der var samlet for mange og tunge ansvar på én plads. Få folket bort fra de store byer og grundlæg værket på andre steder, dette er det pålæg, vi har modtaget. Hvis dette pålæg var blevet efterkommet og hvis en fordeling af penge og hjælpemidler var blevet foretaget, ville den sum, der blev anvendt til ekstra skolebygninger i Battle Creek, have skaffet rigeligt til to nye institutioner på andre steder og træet ville have vokset og båret sådan frugt, som man ikke har opnået, fordi mennesker valgte at følge deres egen visdom.