"***** Our schools are the Lord's special instrumentality to fit the children and youth for missionary work. Parents should understand their responsibility and help their children to appreciate the great privileges and blessings that God has provided for them in educational advantages. CT 149.1"
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
The EGW passage emphasizes the importance of schools in preparing children for missionary work and the responsibility of parents in supporting their children's education. This directly reflects the principle in Proverbs 22:6, which advocates for training children in the right way from a young age.
"But their domestic education should keep pace with their education in missionary lines. In childhood and youth practical and literary training should be combined. Children should be taught to have a part in domestic duties. They should be instructed how to help father and mother in the little things that they can do. Their minds should be trained to think, their memories taxed to remember their appointed work; and in the training to habits of usefulness in the home they are being educated in doing practical duties appropriate to their age. CT 149.2"
"And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man."
The EGW passage discusses the importance of combining practical and literary training, as well as domestic duties, in the education of children. This echoes the holistic development of Jesus described in Luke 2:52, where he grew in wisdom, stature, and favor with God and man.
"If children have proper home training, they will not be found upon the streets, receiving the haphazard education that so many receive. Parents who love their children in a sensible way will not permit them to grow up with lazy habits and ignorant of how to do home duties. Ignorance is not acceptable to God and is unfavorable for the doing of His work. CT 149.3"
"The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame."
The EGW passage highlights the importance of proper home training and the negative consequences of neglecting children's education and allowing them to develop lazy habits. This aligns with the principle in Proverbs 29:15, which states that discipline and correction lead to wisdom, while a child left to himself brings shame.