… White on the subject of Christian education was published in 1886. The pamphlet containing this instruction was entitled “Selections From the Testimonies Concerning the Subject of Education.” A reprint and enlargement of this booklet was brought out in 1893, under the title “Christian Education …
Chapter 50—What Comprises True Education?
The Breadth of True Education—True education means more than taking a certain course of study. It is broad. It includes the harmonious development of all the physical powers and the mental faculties. It teaches the love and …
Table of Contents
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Introduction
Chapter 1—True Education
Chapter 2—Higher Education
Chapter 3—The True Higher Education
Chapter 4—Importance of Physical Culture
Chapter 5—Manual Training
Chapter 6—Educational Influence of Surroundings
Chapter 7—Teachers and Teaching
Chapter …
Chapter 48—True Education
True education is the inculcation of those ideas that will impress the mind and heart with the knowledge of God the Creator and Jesus Christ the Redeemer. Such an education will renew the mind and transform the character. It will …
Chapter 38—Balance in Education
Education Has Eternal Implications.—Education is a work the effect of which will be seen throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity.—Testimonies for the Church 6:154 (1900).
To Restore Harmony in the Being—The true object of education …
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Preface
Chapter 1—Proper Education
Chapter 2—Christ an Educator
Chapter 3—An Appeal for Our Students
Chapter 4—Thoughts on Education
Chapter 5—A Visit to College City
Chapter 6—The Home and the School
Chapter 7—The Importance …
Chapter 4—Importance of Speech Education
Most Important Branch—The talent of speech is to be carefully studied and carefully guarded. This is the most important branch of education, but one which is sadly neglected in all our associations. The power to communicate to …
Chapter 75—Education Obtained at Expense of Health
Some students put the whole being into their studies, and concentrate their minds upon the object of obtaining an education. They work the brain, but allow the physical powers to remain inactive. Thus the brain is …
The Essential Knowledge
Higher education is an experimental knowledge of the plan of salvation, and this knowledge is secured by earnest and diligent study of the Scriptures. Such an education will renew the mind and transform the character, restoring the image of God in …
Chapter 1—Source and Aim of True Education
“The knowledge of the holy is understanding; “Acquaint now thyself with Him.”
Our ideas of education take too narrow and too low a range. There is need of a broader scope, a higher aim. True education …
Foreword
It is rare, indeed, for a book devoted to the subject of education to be read so widely or to endure so well the tests of changing times as has the present work now appearing in this new, popular form. The fundamental principles …
Chapter 1—Importance of the Home School
Education Begins at Home—It is in the home that the education of the child is to begin. Here is his first school. Here, with his parents as instructors, he is to learn the lessons that are …
Chapter 49—The Need of Christian Education
God requires the training of the mental faculties. He designs that His servants shall possess more intelligence and clearer discernment than the worldling, and He is displeased with those who are too careless or too indolent to …