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

stubble, to be consumed in the last great
conflagration. Upon such an education God places
no value. Many students leave school unable to
receive the word of God with the reverence and
respect which they gave it before they entered.
Their faith has been eclipsed in the effort to excel
in the various studies. The Bible has not been made
a vital matter in their education, but books tainted
with infidelity and propagating unsound theories
have been placed before them.
All unnecessary matters should be weeded
from the courses of study, and only such studies
placed before the student as will be of real value to
him. With these alone he needs to become familiar,
that he may secure the life which measures with the
life of God. As the mind is summoned to the
consideration of the great themes of salvation, it
will rise higher and higher in the comprehension of
these subjects, leaving cheap and insignificant
matters behind.
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