4. Common Branches

If teachers were receiving light and wisdom from the divine Teacher—the common, essential branches of education would be more thoroughly taught, and the word of God would be honored and esteemed as the Bread sent down from heaven, which sustains all spiritual life, binding the human agent with Christ in God.—Special Testimonies on Education, 164, 165.PH081 24.3

The common branches of education should be fully and prayerfully taught.—December 20, 1896.PH081 24.4

Children should be educated to read, write, to understand figures, to keep their own accounts, when very young. They may go forward, advancing step by step in this knowledge.—P. C., December 15, 1897.PH081 24.5

The education given in our schools is one-sided. Students should be given an education that will fit them for successful business life. The common branches of education should be fully and thoroughly taught. Bookkeeping should be looked upon as of equal importance with grammar. This line of study is one of the most important for use in practical life; but few leave our schools with a knowledge of how to keep books correctly.—December 20, 1896.PH081 25.1