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

lesson book, having a living sense that it is the
voice of God, and the atmosphere surrounding their
souls would change materially. The temptation to
be first would be quenched in the lessons daily
learned in the school of Christ. They would not
lean so confidently to their own understanding. ...
The teachers in our schools are today in danger
of following in the same track as did the Jews in
Christ’s day. Whatever may be their position,
however they may pride themselves upon their
ability to teach, unless they open the chambers of
the soul temple to receive the bright rays of the Sun
of Righteousness, they are written in the books of
heaven as unbelievers. By precept and example
they intercept the rays of light that would come to
the students. Their danger is in being self-centered
and too wise to be instructed.
We are living in a world full of corruption, and
if we do not receive the living Christ into our
hearts, believing and doing His words, we shall be
left as blind as were the Jews. All teachers need to
grasp every ray of heavenly light shed upon their
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