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

school of Christ. As he accepts the grace freely
offered him, the presence of the Saviour in the
thoughts and in the heart will give him decision of
purpose to lay aside every weight, that the heart
may be filled with all the fullness of God.
The simplicity of true godliness must be
brought into the education of our young people, if
they are to know how to escape the corruption that
is in the world. They must be taught that the true
followers of Christ will serve God not only when it
is in accordance with their inclinations, but also
when it involves self-denial and cross-bearing.
Besetting sins must be battled with and overcome.
Objectionable traits of character, whether
hereditary or cultivated, must be compared with the
great rule of righteousness, and then conquered in
the strength of Christ. Day by day, hour by hour, a
vigorous work of self-denial and of sanctification
must go on within; then the works will bear witness
that Jesus is abiding in the heart by faith.
Sanctification does not close the avenues of the
soul to knowledge, but expands the mind and
inspires it to search for truth as for hidden treasure.
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