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

overcome, when the heart is melted to tenderness
for others, when the life is devoted to working the
works of Christ, the fruit of the higher education is
seen.
Higher education is not gained by the study of a
certain class of books that worldly teachers deem
essential, but by the study of the word of God. This
study will lead to obedience to His requirements
and to a constant walking in the footsteps of Christ.
There is no education higher than that to be found
in the lessons that Christ gave. When these are
discarded for the teachings of men, it is time that
God’s people became converted anew and learned
from Christ the simplicity of true godliness.
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When the converting power of God takes hold
of the teachers in our schools, they will recognize
that a knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ covers
a much broader field than the so-called “advanced
methods” of education. But unless they have
broader views in regard to what constitutes
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