Distance Education Council

ALREADY WIDE DISTRIBUTION AND READING, IT IS PUBLISHED AS ONE OF THE CHRISTIAN HOME LIBRARY VOLUMES, BUT WITHOUT CHANGE IN WORDING OR PAGING. EVERY PERSON MUST FACE THE PRACTICAL REALITIES OF LIFE-- ITS OPPORTUNITIES, ITS RESPONSIBILITIES, ITS DEFEATS, AND ITS SUCCESSES. HOW HE IS TO MEET THESE EXPERIENCES, WHETHER HE IS TO BECOME MASTER OR VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES, DEPENDS LARGELY UPON HIS PREPARATION TO COPE WITH THEM-- HIS EDUCATION. TRUE EDUCATION IS WELL DEFINED AS THE HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF ALL THE FACULTIES --A FULL AND ADEQUATE PREPARATION FOR THIS LIFE AND THE FUTURE ETERNAL LIFE. IT IS IN THE EARLY YEARS IN THE HOME AND IN THE FORMAL SCHOOLWORK THAT THE MIND DEVELOPS, A PATTERN OF LIVING IS ESTABLISHED, AND CHARACTER IS FORMED. KEENLY DISCERNING THE RELATIVE AND LASTING VALUES OF WHAT CONSTITUTES TRUE EDUCATION IN ITS BROADEST SENSE, THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK POINTS THE WAY TO THEIR REALIZATION. AN EDUCATION IN WHICH THE MENTAL FACULTIES ARE PROPERLY DEVELOPED IS CLEARLY OUTLINED. AN EDUCATION IN WHICH THE HANDS ARE SKILLED IN USEFUL TRADES IS EMPHASIZED. AN EDUCATION WHICH RECOGNIZES GOD AS THE SOURCE OF ALL WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING IS EARNESTLY RECOMMENDED. 8

THE MOTIVATING OBJECTIVE OF THE AUTHOR IN HER EXTENSIVE WRITINGS UPON THE SUBJECT OF EDUCATION WAS THAT YOUTH ON THE THRESHOLD OF LIFE MIGHT BE READY TO TAKE THEIR PLACE AS GOOD CITIZENS, WELL PREPARED FOR THE PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES OF LIVING, FULLY DEVELOPED PHYSICALLY, GOD-FEARING, WITH CHARACTERS UNTARNISHED AND HEARTS TRUE TO PRINCIPLE. THIS VOLUME IS THE PARAMOUNT WORK IN THIS GROUP OF WRITINGS IN...