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

I appeal to our churches where there are
schools, to appoint as teachers of the children and
youth those who love the Lord Jesus Christ and
who will make the word of God the foundation of
education. And they should teach the youth to keep
themselves in health by obedience to the laws of
right living. Teachers and pupils will derive mental
and spiritual help from self-denial, by practicing
the principles of health reform. They will surely
find, as did Daniel and his companions, that
blessings come from conforming the life to God’s
word.
“Watch and pray,” is an injunction often
repeated in the Scriptures. In the lives of those who
obey this injunction there will be an undercurrent
of happiness that will bless all with whom they are
brought in contact. Those who are sour and cross in
disposition will become sweet and gentle; those
who are proud will become meek and lowly.
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