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

unfortunate must awake and take the burden of the
matter upon themselves; if they ever expect to
succeed in life they must find incentives to the
useful employment of their God-given powers.
Words of Counsel
It is in the order of God that the physical as
well as the mental powers shall be trained; but the
character of the physical exercise taken should be
in complete harmony with the lessons given by
Christ to His disciples. Those lessons should be
exemplified in the lives of Christians so that in all
the education and self-training of teachers and
students the heavenly agencies may not record of
them that they are “lovers of pleasures.” This is the
record now being made of a large number, “Lovers
of pleasures more than lovers of God.” (2 Timothy
3:4) Thus Satan and his angels are laying their
snares for souls. They are working upon the minds
of teachers and students to induce them to engage
in exercises and amusements which become
intensely absorbing, and which are of a character to
strengthen the lower passions and to create
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