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

of the affections to God are the means appointed
for the accomplishment of this work. To obtain a
knowledge of this divinely ordained plan should be
our first study; to comply with its requirements, our
first effort. Solomon declares that “the fear of the
Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” (Proverbs 9:10)
Concerning the value and importance of this
wisdom, he writes: “Wisdom is the principal thing;
therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get
understanding.” Proverbs 4:7. “For the
merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of
silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is
more precious than rubies: and all the things thou
canst desire are not to be compared unto her.”
(Proverbs 3:14, 15)
The School of Christ
He who is seeking with diligence to acquire the
wisdom of human schools should remember that
another school also claims him as a student. Christ
was the greatest teacher the world ever saw. He
brought to man knowledge direct from heaven. The
lessons which He has given us are what we need
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