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

is lent him to test his character. His worldly
business, his talents, his means, his opportunities
for service, are all to be accounted for to Him to
whom by creation and redemption he belongs. God
bestows His gifts upon us that we may minister to
others and thus become like Him. He who strives
to obtain knowledge in order that he may labor for
the ignorant and perishing is acting his part in
fulfilling God’s great purpose for mankind. In
unselfish service for the blessing of others he is
meeting the high ideal of Christian education.
Among the students in our schools there are
those who have precious talents, and these talents
they should be taught to put to use. Our schools
should be so conducted that teachers and students
will constantly become more and more efficient.
By faithfully putting to a practical use that which
they have learned they will increase in ability to
use their knowledge.
It is necessary to their complete education that
students be given time to do missionary work--time
to become acquainted with the spiritual needs of
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