Section 8—Guiding Principles in Education
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Read in contextTrue Higher Education Found in the Word of God, April 26 Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth. Proverbs 4:5, NKJV. There is no time now to fill the mind with false ideas of …
Read in context… We hear much of the higher education as the world regards the subject. But those who are ignorant of the higher education as it was taught and exemplified in the life of Christ, are ignorant of what constitutes the higher education. Higher education means …
Read in contextSection 3—Education “The Lord giveth wisdom: out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.”
Read in contextPreface As early as 1872, counsel and instruction regarding Christian education began to come from the pen of Ellen G. White to Seventh-day Adventists. The first comprehensive article on this subject, entitled “Proper Education,” is found in Testimonies for the Church 3:131 …
Read in contextSection 6—Education—The Church School, and Universities of the World
Read in contextChapter 50—Education for Eternity John writes: “I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.” And Paul exhorts Timothy to bid the young men to “be …
Read in contextSection 12—The Bible in Education “The words of Jehovah are pure words; as silver tried in a furnace on the earth, purified seven times.”
Read in contextSection 1—The Higher Education The most essential lessons for teachers and students to learn, are those which point, not to the world, but from the world to the cross of Christ.
Read in contextFebruary 1, 1902 A Spiritual Education for Teachers EGW [Extracts from talks before teachers at Healdsburg, Cal., August 1901.] Christ is the greatest teacher, the greatest educator, that the world ever knew. If you come into close relation with him, the atmosphere surrounding your …
Read in contextChapter 29—Fragments Education is but a preparation of the physical, intellectual, and moral powers for the best performance of all the duties of life—Testimonies for the Church 4:498. ***** God would have us study the history of his dealing with men and …
Read in contextChapter 22—The School and the Teacher Awakening of Mental Powers—True education is not the forcing of instruction on an unready and unreceptive mind. The mental powers must be awakened, the interest aroused. For this, God’s method of teaching provided. He who …
Read in context… Who knows what constitutes the most essential education, unless it is the education to be obtained from that Book which is the foundation of all true knowledge? Those who regard as essential the knowledge to be gained along the line of worldly education are …
Read in contextChapter 74—A Balanced Education The time spent in physical exercise is not lost. The student who is constantly poring over his books, while he takes but little exercise in the open air, does himself an injury. A proportionate exercise of the various organs …
Read in contextChapter 67—The Essential in Education The most essential education for our youth today to gain, and that which will fit them for the higher grades of the school above, is an education that will teach them how to reveal the will of God …
Read in context… The time, means, and study that many have expended in gaining a comparatively useless education should have been used in gaining an education that would make them all-round men and women, fitted for practical life. Such an education would be of the highest …
Read in contextInformation about this Book Note to the Reader Chapter 1—Proper Education Chapter 2—Our College Chapter 3—Pure Education Chapter 4—Our College Chapter 5—Proper Education of the Young Chapter 6—A Knowledge of God Chapter 7—The Schools of the Prophets …
Read in contextA Speedy Preparation for Work The practice of furnishing a few students with every advantage for perfecting their education in so many lines that it would be impossible for them to make use of them all is an injury rather than a benefit to …
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