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

other, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all
know Me, from the least of them unto the greatest
of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their
iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
(Jeremiah 31:33, 34)
“And many nations shall come, and say, Come,
and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to
the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us
His ways, and we will walk in His paths: for the
law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the
Lord from Jerusalem.” (Micah 4:2)
The Old Testament Scriptures were the lesson
book of Israel. ... There are practical lessons in the
word of God, lessons that Christ would have
teachers and parents present to the children in the
school and in the home. That word teaches living,
holy principles, which prompt men to do unto
others as they would have others do unto them--
principles which they are to bring into the daily life
here below, and carry with them into the school
above. This is the higher education. No learning of
human origin can gain these heights; for they reach
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