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

Not lip service, not profession, but humble,
devoted lives, is that for which God is seeking.
Teachers and students are to know by experience
what it means to live consecrated lives, which
reveal the sacred principles that are the basis of
Christian character. Those who give themselves to
learn the way and will of God are receiving the
highest education that it is possible for mortals to
receive. They are building their experience, not on
the sophistries of the world, but upon principles
that are eternal.
It is the privilege of every student to take the
life and teachings of Christ as his daily study.
Christian education means the acceptance, in
sentiment and principle, of the teachings of the
Saviour. It includes a daily, conscientious walking
in the footsteps of Christ, who consented to come
to the world in the form of humanity, that He might
give to the human race a power that they could
gain by no other means. What was that power? The
power to take the teachings of Christ and follow
them to the letter.
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