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

of God was appointed to come to this earth to take
humanity and by His own example to be a great
educating power among men. His experience in
man’s behalf was to enable men to resist Satan’s
power. He came to mold character and to give
mental power, to shed abroad the beams of true
education, that the true aim of life might not be lost
sight of. The sons of men had had a practical
knowledge of evil; Christ came to the world to
show them that He had planted for them the tree of
life, the leaves of which are for the healing of the
nations.
Christ’s life on earth teaches that to obtain the
higher education does not mean to gain popularity,
to secure worldly advantage, to have all the
temporal wants abundantly supplied, and to be
honored by the titled and wealthy of earth. The
Prince of life suffered the inconveniences of
poverty, that He might discern the needs of the
poor--He who by His divine power could supply
the needs of a hungry multitude. Not to wear the
gorgeous robes of the high priest, not to possess the
riches of the Gentiles, did He come to this earth,
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