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

has passed over this ground, and the student must
follow. But if teachers were receiving light and
wisdom from the divine Teacher, they would look
at this matter in a very different way. They would
measure the relative importance of the things to be
learned in school. The common, essential branches
of education would be more thoroughly taught, and
the word of God would be esteemed as the bread
sent down from heaven, which sustains all spiritual
life.
We are slow to realize how much we need to
understand the teachings of Christ and His methods
of labor. If these were better understood, much of
the instruction given in our schools would be
counted as of no value. It would be seen that much
that is now taught does not develop the simplicity
of true godliness in the life of the student. Finite
wisdom would receive less esteem, and the word of
God would have a more honored place.
If the teachers in our schools would search the
Scriptures for the purpose of securing a better
understanding for themselves, opening their hearts
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