"Promising young men and young women should be educated to become teachers. They should have the very best advantages. Schoolhouses and meetinghouses should be built in different places, and teachers employed. 9T 201.1"
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
The EGW passage advocates for the education of young people, which aligns with the principle of Proverbs 22:6 regarding training up a child.
"The children and youth in these schools are to be taught something more than merely how to read. Industrial lines of work are to be carried forward. The students are to be provided with facilities for learning trades that will enable them to support themselves. 9T 201.3"
"But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel."
The EGW passage emphasizes the importance of students learning trades to support themselves, which directly reflects the principle in 1 Timothy 5:8 that one should provide for their own.
"Our churches in the North, as well as in the South, should do what they can to help support the school work for the colored children. The schools already established should be faithfully maintained. The establishment of new schools will require additional funds. Let all our brethren and sisters do their part wholeheartedly to place these schools on vantage ground. 9T 201.4"
"Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ."
The EGW passage calls for churches to support school work, which aligns with the principle of bearing one another's burdens as stated in Galatians 6:2.
"And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:"
Both passages encourage action and consideration towards others, specifically in the context of good works and mutual support. EGW's passage is a specific application of the general principle in Hebrews.
"In addition to engaging in this line of school work, our colored brethren may do a good work by establishing mission Sunday schools and Sabbath schools among their own people—schools in which the youth may be taught by teachers whose hearts are filled with love for souls. 9T 201.5"
"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:"
EGW's statement directly applies the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19) to the specific context of the colored community, emphasizing teaching and discipleship within their own communities.