希尔克莱斯特学校农场
“主有一项大工要在美国南方各州做成。……祂要求祂的子民在南方各阶层人，尤其在有色人种中间开展更多的布道工作。”{PH037 7.1}
1891年3月20日。
“住在开工已经多年之地区的人，应当记住要在纳什维尔完成的预备工作的需要。”{PH037 7.2}
1901年12月4日。
“在纳什维尔的工作是重要的。工人们若是认真地明智地工作，在纳什维尔……就会有人归顺真理。”{PH037 7.3}
1902年10月26日。
“应该在纳什维尔城外可用于工业的地上为有色人种建一所学校。”{PH037 7.4}
1903年11月24日。
“我蒙主指示，应当给予南方园地一切有利条件。纳什维尔尤其应当开工。……多年前，上帝的灵就感动了人们的心，在这个城市建立学校机构，教育南方的黑人。主现在希望祂的百姓在这个中心建立机构，在这里已经完成了一项善工。……我蒙指示：上帝的纪念物要建在这个地方，不是就在城里，而是要离城稍远一点的地方。”{PH037 7.5}
1903年7月3日。
“应该在帮助有色人种的工作上显出更加明确的兴趣。将来我们若不比以往为有色人种多做一些事，那就让我们把为了帮助他们才进入纳什维尔的一切虚假借口放在一边吧。……主不喜悦现在的表现。但愿现在有一场改革，主必与乐于与祂合作的人同工。”{PH037 7.6}
1905年4月14日。
“有一项大工要完成。有些人会问，在纳什维尔市，如何才能有效地开展工作?一种成功的方法是在离纳什维尔几英里的地方找到一个地方，在那里建立一所学校和一个疗养院，从这些作为工作中心的机构开始，前所未有地为纳什维尔工作。”{PH037 8.1}
1905年9月25日。
“我们需要少一点羞怯，向那些能帮助我们推进工作的人说出我们的需要。主必承认为帮助那些需要帮助的人所作的坚定努力。”{PH037 8.2}
1907年4月1日。
“弟兄们，我恳劝你们不要再忽视为有色人种工作。……我们的传道人应当对百姓说，我们可以作工的时间很短。要使获得地方从而可以为有色人种工作成为可能。我们作为主的管家，对贫困之人的福利负有责任。……应当向信徒们提出工作的需要和应当促使我们奉献礼物的动机，并向我们的各教会发出迫切的呼吁。”{PH037 8.3}
1907年9月16日。
“我过去说过的话应该重复一遍。”{PH037 8.4}
1907年10月1日。
“来自有色人种的男人和女人应当受教育作为宣教士为他们自己的民族工作。应当在他们自己的边界内给他们这种教育和培训。应该在南方园地许多不同的地方为黑人儿童和青少年建立学校。我对这些学校的维持深感兴趣。我常常说到这项工作的重要性。我希望尽我的本分帮助主在南方园地圣工的这个分支。我正在呼吁我在美国的弟兄姐妹们尽他们的本分。我正恳求他们藉着他们的行为表明一种坚定的信心，相信上帝有能力从南方召聚出一班人，他们会称谢祂的名，会最终与从人间救赎回来的人联合，唱摩西和羔羊的歌。(《福音通讯》，1907年10月){PH037 8.5}
“关于实际生活各要点方面的培训必使我们的青少年离开学校到外国去之后成为有用之材。那时他们就不会依靠所去国家的人为他们做饭、缝衣、盖居所。他们若是显出他们能教育无知的人如何以最佳的方法作工并产生最佳的结果，就必有更多的影响力。在难以挣到钱的地方，这尤其会受到赏识。他们会显明传道士能成为教育家，教导他们如何作工。维持这样的传道士需要的资金要少得多，因为他们已最佳地使用了自己的体力，将有益的实际劳动与自己的学业相结合，作为教育中必不可少的造诣。他们无论何往，在这方面所得的造诣必使他们受欢迎且有立身之地。上帝所赐的亮光若是得到珍爱，学生们离校时就不会负债。”{PH037 31.1}
希尔克莱斯特学校
1909年5月17日写于美国首都华盛顿，塔科马帕克站
在我们访问纳什维尔期间，我参观了希尔克莱斯特学校农场，在那里斯坦斯弟兄和布拉里亚弟兄正在努力为有色人种工人建立一所培训学校。这个农场占地93英亩，距纳什维尔约6英里。地点很好。在这里，可以训练学生建造建筑物和耕种土地，作为他们教育的一部分。同时，他们也可以接受圣经知识的教导，并通过对明智选择的书籍的一般研究来了解如何从事他们蒙召要做的工作。{PH037 33.1}
当我看到农场的不同地方时，我心里很高兴。山丘地适合建筑物，果园，和牧场，如果忠实地得到开垦，平地会深受青睐。为学生建造小屋的工作已经开始了。它们既朴素又便宜，但却舒适方便。需要更多这样的小屋。我参观过的一座小屋是用玛丽安·斯托尔·克劳福德姐妹奉献的钱建造的。那些承担这项工作负担的人应该受到鼓励，而不是被那些会使他们灰心或削弱那些一直在帮助他们之人的信心的话语所阻碍。{PH037 33.2}
我的心对上帝充满了感恩，因为在纳什维尔附近已经有了一个地方，在那里，聪明的年轻人寻求获得一种教育，使他们能帮助别人，可以拥有希尔克莱斯特学校提供的优势。主确实在感动祂百姓的心，并引导他们帮助建立黑人青年教育培训中心，让他们在自己的种族中作工。希尔克莱斯特是一处美丽的地产，它为许多人提供了接受服务培训的机会。让我们为此感谢上帝，并鼓起勇气吧。{PH037 34.1}
斯坦斯弟兄和他的同事们在从事一项善工。我相信主引导了他们，且会赐福他们本着良心从事他们所承担的事。我祈愿主感动祂子民的心把握这项工作，并且帮助推进它。我们切不可让批评和一些弟兄不明智的行动使工人们灰心，阻碍工作。主怎样引导了斯坦斯弟兄开始从事这项工作，其他人也必照样蒙引导在不同的地方提供帮助。在园地不同地方的人，作为与上帝同工的人，要寻找有前途的黑人青年，并鼓励他们上这所学校。他们还要帮助提供一个合适的带有教室的建筑。{PH037 34.2}
当我们准备回到纳什维尔时，老师和学生们都聚集在教室里，我对他们说：{PH037 34.3}
“我很欣慰我有幸参观了这所学校。你们都应该赏识它。这里有高地和低地。你们要为撒种预备土地;你们在努力时，若是愿意存谦卑的心与上帝同行，主的福气就必与你们同在。要倚赖主，祂了解情况。于是祂才能与你们一切的努力同工，你们就必看见上帝的救恩。{PH037 34.4}
“我们会尽我们所能地为你们祈祷并提供帮助。我们的兴趣会伴随着你们。主也必帮助你们做出这种努力，不仅仅是因为在这所学校中可能成就的善工，而且因为其他许多人需要你们正在拥有的经验。你们在这里从事的工作可能导致成百上千的人得救。{PH037 35.1}
“你们若愿竭力追求认识耶和华，就必知道祂出现确如晨光;主的福气也必停留在父母和儿女身上。有一点我们必须小心记住。就是，这所学校的学生们将带走他们在这里看到和听到的东西。他们会效仿你们给他们的榜样。{PH037 35.2}
“我对这里正在做的工作非常感兴趣，因为我已蒙赐予特别的亮光，论到有人一直疏于开始从事你们现在所从事的工作。我已在我的著作中具体说明了这项工作是什么。我一次又一次地努力使它在人们心中留下深刻的印象。无论我走到哪里，我都要谈论它。{PH037 35.3}
“你们不是在独自工作。当你们受试探要变得灰心时，要记住这一点。上帝的天使就在你身边。他们必照料土地，使它出产宝物。{PH037 35.4}
“这就是我正设法给我们信徒的指示。我想让他们明白，如果我们按照主的旨意工作，我们能取得什么成就。是主给出了指示。我们应当听从祂的指示。”{PH037 35.5}
说了这些鼓励的话之后，我们屈膝祈祷，主的福气临到我身上，使我对这如此谦卑地开始的工作充满信心和希望。我在那里决定拿出一百美元来帮助学校装备。我现在向我们的人发出邀请，请他们与我一道为其工作提供必要的资金。{PH037 35.6}
教师们应当思考这个信息：“你不要害怕，因为我与你同在;不要惊惶，因为我是你的上帝。我必坚固你，我必帮助你;我必用我公义的右手扶持你”(赛41:10)。
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怀爱伦 {PH037 36.1}
PH037 - Hillcrest School Farm
“The Lord has a great work to be done in the Southern States of America.... He requires far more of his people than they have given him in missionary work among the people of the South of all classes, and especially the colored race.”?{PH037 7.1}[1]
(March 20, 1891.)
“Those living in places where the work has been long established, should remember the needs of the preparatory work to be done in Nashville.”?{PH037 7.2}[2]
(December 4, 1901.)
“The work in Nashville is important. If the workers labor earnestly and judiciously, there will be conversions to the truth in.... Nashville.”?{PH037 7.3}[3]
(October 26, 1902.)
“A school for colored people should be established outside the city of Nashville, on land that can be utilized for industrial purposes.”?{PH037 7.4}[4]
(November 24, 1903.)
“I was instructed by the Lord that the Southern field was to be given every advantage. Especially was Nashville to be worked: ... Years ago the Spirit of the Lord moved upon the hearts of men to establish in this city institutions of learning to educate the colored people of the South. The Lord now desires his people to establish institutions in this center where a good work has already been done.... I was instructed that memorials for God were to be established in this place, not only right in this city, but a little distance from it.”?{PH037 7.5}[5]
(July 3, 1903.)
“A more decided interest should be manifested in the work of helping the colored people. If in the future we are to do nothing more for all colored people than we have done in the past, let us lay aside all pretense that we have entered Nashville for the purpose of helping them.... The Lord is not pleased with the present showing. Let there now be a reformation, and the Lord will work with those who are willing to co-operate with him.”?{PH037 7.6}[6]
(April 14, 1905.)
“There is a great work to be done. Some will ask, What can be done to work effectively the city of Nashville?—One way to success is to get a place a few miles out of Nashville, and there establish a school and a sanitarium, and from these institutions as working centers, begin to work Nashville as we have not worked it yet.”?{PH037 8.1}[7]
(September 25, 1905.)
“We need to be less diffident about making known our needs to those who can help us in carrying forward the work. The Lord will surely acknowledge determined efforts made to help the people who are in need of help.”?{PH037 8.2}[8]
(April 1, 1907.)
“My brethren, I entreat you not to let the work for the colored people be longer neglected.... Let our ministers say to the people, Our time in which to work is short. Make it possible to secure places from which the work for the colored people can be carried on. As the Lord’s stewards, we are responsible for the welfare of the needy.... The needs of the work, and the motives that should prompt our gifts, should be presented to believers, and urgent calls made upon our churches.”?{PH037 8.3}[9]
(September 16, 1907.)
“What I have said in the past should be repeated.”?{PH037 8.4}[10]
(October 1, 1907.)
“Men and women from the colored race are to be educated to work as missionaries for their own people. This education and training is to be given them within their own borders. Schools for colored children and youth are to be established in many different places in the Southern field. I am deeply interested in the maintenance of these schools. I have often spoken on the importance of this work. I desire to do my part in helping this branch of the Lord’s cause in the Southern field. And I am calling upon my brethren and sisters in America to act their part. I am pleading with them to show by their works a firm faith in the power of God to gather out from the Southland a people who shall be a praise to his name, and who shall finally unite with the redeemed from among men in singing the song of Moses and the Lamb.”—The Gospel Herald, October, 1907.?{PH037 8.5}[11]
“Culture on all points of practical life will make our youth useful after they shall leave school to go to foreign countries. They will not then have to depend upon the people to whom they go to cook and sew for them or build their habitations. They will be much more influential if they show that they can educate the ignorant how to labor by the best methods and to produce the best results. This will be appreciated where means are difficult to obtain. They will reveal that missionaries can become educators in teaching them how to labor. A much smaller fund will be required to sustain such missionaries, because they put to the very best use their physical powers, in useful, practical labor, combined with their studies. And wherever they go, all that they have gained in this line will?give them standing-room.?If the light God has given were cherished, students would leave our schools free from the burden of debt.”?{PH037 31.1}[12]
【The Hillcrest School】
【Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C..】
(May 17, 1909.)
During our visit to Nashville, I visited the Hillcrest School Farm, where Brethren Staines and Bralliar are laboring to establish a training-school for colored workers. This farm of ninety-three acres is about six miles from Nashville. The location is excellent. Here the students can be trained to erect buildings and to cultivate the land as a part of their education. At the same time they can be given instruction in Bible knowledge, and be fitted by general study of wisely selected books to know how to do the work to which they are called.?{PH037 33.1}[13]
As I saw the different parts of the farm, my heart was glad. The hill land is suitable for the buildings, for the orchard, and for pasture, and the level land will be highly appreciated when faithfully worked. A beginning has been?made in the erection of cottages for students. They are plain and inexpensive, but comfortable and convenient. More of these cottages are needed. One cottage that I visited had just been built with money given by Sister Marian Stowell-Crawford. Those who are bearing the burden of this work should be encouraged, and not hindered by words that would dishearten them or dampen the faith of those who have been helping them.?{PH037 33.2}[14]
My heart was filled with thanksgiving to God that a place has been provided here near Nashville where intelligent youth, seeking to obtain an education that will fit them to help others, can have the advantages offered by the Hillcrest School. The Lord is indeed moving upon the hearts of his people, and leading them to aid in the establishment of training centers for the education of colored youth to labor among their own race. Hillcrest is a beautiful property, and gives opportunity to provide for many to receive a training for service. Let us thank God for this, and take courage.?{PH037 34.1}[15]
Brother Staines and his associates are engaged in a good work. I believe that the Lord has led them, and will bless them in doing conscientiously that which they have undertaken. It is my prayer that the Lord will move upon the minds of his people to take hold of this work and help it forward. We must not let the criticism and unwise movements of some of the brethren dishearten the workers, and hinder the work. As the Lord has led Brother Staines to take up this work, so others will be led in various places to help. Men in different parts of the field, as laborers together with God, will search out promising colored youth, and encourage them to attend this school. And they will help in the providing of a suitable building with class rooms.?{PH037 34.2}[16]
When we were ready to return to Nashville, the teachers and students all gathered in the class room, and I said to them:—?{PH037 34.3}[17]
“I am thankful that I have had the privilege of visiting this school. You all should appreciate it. Here you have?high and low ground. You are to prepare the ground for the sowing of the seed; and in your efforts the blessing of the Lord will certainly be with you, if you will walk humbly with God. Trust in him who understands the situation. Then he can work with you in all your efforts, and you will see of the salvation of God.?{PH037 34.4}[18]
“You will have our prayers, and our help as far as we can give it. Our interests will go with you. And the Lord will help you in making this effort, not merely because of the good that may be accomplished in this school, but because of the many others who need the experience you are having. The work you do here may result in the salvation of hundreds of souls.?{PH037 35.1}[19]
“If you will follow on to know the Lord, you may know his goings forth are prepared as the morning; and the blessing of the Lord will rest on parents and children. There is one point that we must be careful to remember. It is this, that the students in this school will carry away with them what they see and hear here. They will follow the example you give them.?{PH037 35.2}[20]
“I am deeply interested in the work that is being done here, because special light has been given me regarding the neglect there has been to take up the work you are doing. I have specified in my writings what this work is. I have tried again and again to impress its importance on the minds of the people. I shall still talk of it wherever I go.?{PH037 35.3}[21]
“You are not working alone. When you are tempted to become discouraged, remember this. Angels of God are right around you. They will minister to the very earth, causing it to give forth its treasures.?{PH037 35.4}[22]
“This is the instruction I am trying to give to our people. I want them to understand what could be accomplished if we would work according to the will of the Lord. It is the Lord who has given the instruction. Let us follow his directions.”?{PH037 35.5}[23]
After speaking these words of encouragement, we bowed?in prayer, and the blessing of the Lord rested upon me, giving assurance and hope regarding this work so humbly begun. I there decided to give one hundred dollars to help in equipping the school. And I now present to our people an invitation to join me in giving the means necessary to its work.?{PH037 35.6}[24]
Let the teachers consider this message: “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”?{PH037 36.1}[25]
---Signed:Ellen G. White[26]
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