怀爱伦第一本论述基督徒教育问题的文集于1886年出版。这本有关教育问题指示的小册子名为《教育证言精选》。它于1893年重印扩编，题为《基督徒教育》。后来又发表了《基督徒教育附编》。1897年出版了《教育特别证言》。这本小册子的文章对于我们的教师具有无法计算的价值。这本书的内容之前从未发表，是作者于1893-1896年关于教育问题的主要论述。1900年出版了《证言》卷六。这卷证言包含了大量教育方面的内容，并强调了教育改革的必要性。
《教育论》于1903年出版，论述了学校工作的重大问题和原则。1913年初次发表《致教师、父母和学生的勉言》时，论述的是一般教育实践中的许多细节问题。
本书的文章出于不同的来源，选自《基督徒教育》、《教育特别证言》、《基督徒节制和圣经卫生》、《评论与通讯》、《时兆》、《青年导报》和《圣经回声》。除了《正确的教育》一文，所有的文章均未选自作者已正式出版的书籍。《学生的停学》和《正确的学校纪律》这两篇文稿是总会的弟兄们所建议，经怀爱伦著作托管委员会的同意插入的。那是二十五年以前写的。当时只有学校校长才能看到。这两篇文章应该一起读。
所有的文章都是全篇收录，没有删减，并按年代顺序排列。由于历史背景的优势，全文阅读按年代排列的文章会有特别的吸引力。各章结尾列出的补充读物，连同目录，提供了作者基督徒教育问题的著作比较完整的清单。
希望本书的发表给众多尚未阅读这些指示的教师带来不可估量的价值。也愿它能重新唤起已阅读过这些指示之人的兴趣。愿我们大家都深受感动，更忠心地在我们日常生活中遵从如此清晰展示的原则。
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THE FIRST COLLECTION OF ARTICLES FROM THE PEN OF MRS. E. G. WHITE ON THE SUBJECT OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION WAS PUBLISHED IN 1886. THE PAMPHLET CONTAINING THIS INSTRUCTION WAS ENTITLED "SELECTIONS FROM THE TESTIMONIES CONCERNING THE SUBJECT OF EDUCATION." A REPRINT AND ENLARGEMENT OF THIS BOOKLET WAS BROUGHT OUT IN 1893, UNDER THE TITLE "CHRISTIAN EDUCATION." LATER A SUPPLEMENT TO "CHRISTIAN EDUCATION" WAS ISSUED CONTAINING ADDITIONAL MATTER. IN 1897, "SPECIAL TESTIMONIES ON EDUCATION" WAS PUBLISHED. THIS SMALL VOLUME CONTAINED ARTICLES OF INCALCULABLE VALUE TO OUR TEACHERS. THE INSTRUCTION IN THIS BOOK HAD NEVER APPEARED BEFORE AND CONSTITUTED THE MAJOR PART OF THE AUTHOR'S WRITINGS ON EDUCATION DURING THE YEARS 1893-1896. IN THE YEAR 1900 A COPYRIGHT WAS ISSUED FOR TESTIMONIES, VOLUME VI. THIS VOLUME INCLUDED A LARGE SECTION ON EDUCATION AND STRESSED THE NEED OF EDUCATIONAL REFORM.[1]
THE BOOK "EDUCATION" WAS ISSUED IN 1903, DEALING WITH THE LARGER PROBLEMS AND PRINCIPLES IN SCHOOL WORK, WHILE IN 1913 "COUNSELS TO TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND STUDENTS REGARDING CHRISTIAN EDUCATION" FIRST APPEARED, DEALING WITH THE MANY DETAIL PROBLEMS THAT ARE COMMON IN EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE.[2]
THE ARTICLES IN THIS PRESENT VOLUME HAVE BEEN DRAWN FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. THEY HAVE BEEN SELECTED FROM "CHRISTIAN EDUCATION," "SPECIAL TESTIMONIES ON EDUCATION," "CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE AND BIBLE HYGIENE," REVIEW AND HERALD, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR, AND BIBLE ECHO. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE ARTICLE, "PROPER EDUCATION," NO SELECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FROM ANY OTHER VOLUMES OF THE AUTHOR'S WRITINGS ALREADY IN PRINT. THE TWO MANUSCRIPT ARTICLES, "SUSPENSION OF STUDENTS" AND "CORRECT SCHOOL DISCIPLINE," HAVE BEEN INSERTED BY THE PERMISSION OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE MRS. E. G. WHITE ESTATE AND WITH THE COUNSEL OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE BRETHREN. THESE TWO MANUSCRIPTS WERE WRITTEN MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO AND WERE AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME TO SCHOOL PRINCIPALS. THESE TWO ARTICLES SHOULD BE READ TOGETHER.[3]
ALL ARTICLES ARE PRINTED WITHOUT ABRIDGEMENT AND ARE ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY. THE ADVANTAGE OF READING COMPLETE ARTICLES ARRANGED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY WERE WRITTEN WILL HAVE ITS SPECIAL APPEAL OWING TO THE VALUE OF A HISTORICAL SETTING. THE SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF ARTICLES AT THE CLOSE OF THE VARIOUS CHAPTERS, TOGETHER WITH THE TABLE OF CONTENTS, WILL CONSTITUTE A REASONABLY COMPLETE LIST OF THE WRITINGS OF THE AUTHOR ON THE SUBJECT OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION.[4]
THIS BOOK IS SENT FORTH WITH THE HOPE THAT IT MAY BE OF INESTIMABLE VALUE TO THE HUNDREDS OF TEACHERS WHO HAVE NOT HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF READING THIS INSTRUCTION. MAY IT ALSO AWAKEN RENEWED INTEREST AND STUDY BY THOSE WHO MAY HAVE READ IT BEFORE, AND MAY WE ALL BE DEEPLY MOVED TO FOLLOW MORE FAITHFULLY IN OUR DAILY PRACTICE THE PRINCIPLES SO CLEARLY SET FORTH.---GENERAL CONFERENCE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.[5]
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