p. 125 | The School

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 1, 1873

The School.

The present term of school commenced Tuesday, March 23, and has at present some forty scholars. Previous notice would have been given, had it been known by those having charge of it when it would begin. It has now been in progress three terms of twelve weeks each during the past year. Although we have had no buildings suitable and no organization perfected to manage it properly, and although the Gen. Conf. Com., who have had a kind of supervision of it, have had so many other duties that they could not give this important enterprise a tithe of the attention that it deserved, and although it has had to struggle against peculiar difficulties incident to all new enterprises, as well as some that are uncommon, yet the experiment has been quite satisfactory, when all the circumstances are taken into account.

Not that the school has been by any means what we hope to make it. We could not expect this under the circumstances. But it has been shown that results far ahead of those generally seen may be reached. Its order, its high moral tone, and its thoroughness of instruction, are gratifying, and lead us to hope for good results hereafter. Those who have attended it seem, on the whole, to be highly pleased, and many of them desire to continue still to enjoy its benefits.

We are not prepared yet by any means to advise a general attendance from abroad. We are in no condition to accommodate a large number, or properly instruct them; but we feel that this matter must be attended to at once.

The General Conference recently held here recognized this as one of the most important matters to be attended to, and we hope to get before our people some proper plan of action before long, so that they may see this object in process of accomplishment.

GEN. CONF. COM.