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

y personal experience. They must know what it is
to have Christ made unto them wisdom and
righteousness and sanctification and redemption.
Every minister of Christ and every teacher should
be able to say with the beloved John, “The life was
manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness,
and show unto you that eternal life, which was with
the Father, and was manifested unto us.” (1 John
1:2)
Often it will seem to the teacher that the word
of God has little effect on the minds and hearts of
many students; but if his work has been wrought in
God, some lessons of divine truth will linger in the
memory of the most careless. The Holy Spirit will
water the seed sown, and it will spring up after
many days and bear fruit to the glory of God.
Simplicity in Teaching
Teachers may learn a lesson from the
experience of the farmer who placed the food for
his sheep in a crib so high that the young of the
flock could not reach it. Some teachers present the
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