Our Summer Schools

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Jul 2, 1908

Our Summer Schools

SEVERAL hundred of our teachers are now in attendance at our summer schools. The instruction and help which they are obtaining will be of great value in the advance of our general educational work. This is particularly true of the primary schools, in view of the fact that the larger number in attendance at the summer schools and conventions are to teach this coming year in these schools. We should continually lift the standard of qualifications necessary for the teacher's work.

The spirit of these summer schools is the spirit which to a large extent will prevail in our primary and intermediate schools throughout this coming year. If ideals are high, if the most burning question is the preparation of workers for the finishing of this message in this generation, then there will go into hundreds of homes, this coming school year, a living power. The spirit of these summer schools is not made alone by the instructors, but those who are receiving instruction, those who are seeking a better preparation for teaching, by their faithful lives, by their earnest prayers, and by their spirit of consecration, may create an atmosphere whose holy influence will be felt for months to come.

These summer schools should be as the schools of the prophets. It is a most serious work that is committed to those who attend them, and the sense of the responsibility which they are taking upon themselves should lead the students most earnestly and thoroughly to qualify for their high and holy calling. A revival of true godliness is the greatest need of all the teachers. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is the most important preparation for which we are to seek. With this preparation, we may do a valiant work for Christ, and greatly hasten his second coming.