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

the hidden treasure it contains. Eternity alone will
disclose the wisdom of this Book, for it is the
wisdom of an infinite mind. Shall we, then,
cultivate a deep hunger for the productions of
human authors and disregard the word of God? It is
this longing for something they never ought to
crave that makes men substitute for true knowledge
that which can never make them wise unto
salvation. Let not man’s assertions be regarded as
truth when they are contrary to the word of God.
The Creator of the heavens and the earth, the
Source of all wisdom, is second to none. But
supposedly great authors, whose works are used as
textbooks for study, are received and glorified,
though they have no vital connection with God. By
such study man has been led into forbidden paths.
Minds have been wearied to death through
unnecessary work in trying to obtain that which is
to them as the knowledge which Adam and Eve
disobeyed God in obtaining.
Today young men and women spend years in
acquiring an education which is as wood and
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