Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students - Ellen G. White

disinterested benevolence and the beauty of
holiness. He is our pattern of goodness. From the
beginning of His ministry, men began to
comprehend more clearly the character of God. He
carried out His teachings in His own life. He
showed consistency without obstinacy,
benevolence without weakness, tenderness and
sympathy without sentimentalism. He was highly
social, yet He possessed a reserve that discouraged
any familiarity. His temperance never led to
bigotry or austerity. He was not conformed to the
world, yet He was attentive to the wants of the least
among men.
“Who is this that cometh from Edom, with
dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in
His apparel, traveling in the greatness of His
strength?” (Isaiah 63:1) With assurance comes the
answer: “Without controversy great is the mystery
of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh,
justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto
the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up
into glory.” (1 Timothy 3:16) “Being in the form of
God,” He “thought it not robbery to be equal with
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