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

love for fallen man by leaving a heaven of bliss
and the homage of the angels, to come to this
world. The Saviour worked with unwearied effort
to help human beings. He stopped at no sacrifice,
hesitated at no self-denial; for our sakes He became
poor, that through His poverty we might be made
rich. His sympathy for the lost led Him to seek
them wherever they were. And His colaborers must
work as He worked, hesitating not to seek for the
fallen, deeming no effort too taxing, no sacrifice
too great, if they may but win souls to Christ. He
who would be an efficient worker for God must be
willing to endure what Christ endured, to meet men
as He met them.
That education alone which brings the student
into close relation with the Great Teacher is true
education. The youth are to be taught to look to
Christ as their guide. They are to be taught lessons
of forbearance and trust, of true goodness and
kindness of heart, of perseverance and
steadfastness. Their characters are to answer to the
words of David: “That our sons may be as plants
grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be
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