Special Services for College Students . The close of the school year of the Battle Creek College was at hand. I had felt very anxious for the students, many of whom were either unconverted or backslidden from God. I spent a week laboring for them, holding meetings every evening and on the Sabbath and first day. My heart was touched to see the house of worship nearly filled with the students of our school. I tried to impress upon them that a life of purity and prayer would not be a hindrance to them in obtaining a thorough knowledge of the sciences, but that it would remove many hindrances to their progress in knowledge. By becoming connected with the Saviour, they are brought into the school of Christ; and if they are diligent students in this school, vice and immorality will be expelled from the midst of them. These being crowded out, increased knowledge will be the result. {LS 219.3}

Særlig gudstjeneste for collegets studerende
Skoleåret på Battle Creek-colleget nærmede sig sin afslutning. Jeg var meget ivrig for de studerende, mange af dem var hverken uomvendte eller faldet bort fra Gud. Jeg brugte en uge på at arbejde for dem, holdt møder, hver aften og om sabbaten og den første dag. Mit hjerte var berørt over at se bedehuset næsten fyldt med studerende (220) fra vor skole. Jeg prøvede at indprente i dem at, et liv i renhed og bøn ikke ville være hindring for at opnå videnskabskundskaber, men det ville fjerne mange forhindringer for at komme til kundskab. Ved at blive knyttet til Frelseren, bringes de ind i Kristi skole, og hvis de er ihærdige studerende i denne skole, vil laster og umoralitet uddrives af deres midte. Disse ting fortrænges, og større kundskab vil være resultatet.