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

and obtained that which is imperishable. The
ability to appreciate the glories that “eye hath not
seen, nor ear heard” (1 Corinthians 2:9), will be
proportionate to the attainments reached.
Those who empty their hearts of vanity and
rubbish, through the grace of God may purify the
mind and make it a storehouse of knowledge,
purity, and truth. And it will be continually
reaching beyond the narrow boundaries of worldly
thought, into the vastness of the infinite.
Young Men as Missionaries
Young men who desire to enter the field as
ministers, colporteurs, or canvassers should first
receive a suitable degree of mental training, as well
as a special preparation for their calling. Those
who are uneducated, untrained, and unrefined are
not prepared to enter a field in which the powerful
influences of talent and education combat the truths
of God’s word. Neither can they successfully meet
the strange forms of error, religious and
philosophical combined, to expose which requires
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