Chapter 321—In the School of Christ
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I
will guide thee with mine eye.
Psalm 32:8
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He who is seeking with diligence to acquire the wisdom of human schools
should remember that another school also claims him as a student. Christ
was the greatest teacher the world ever saw. He brought to man knowledge
direct from heaven....
In the school of Christ students are never graduated. Among the pupils
are both old and young. Those who give heed to the instructions of the divine
Teacher constantly advance in wisdom, refinement, and nobility of soul, and
thus they are prepared to enter that higher school where advancement will
continue throughout eternity.
Infinite Wisdom sets before us the great lessons of life—lessons of duty
and happiness. These are often hard to learn, but without them we can make
no real progress.... It is in this world, amid its trials and temptations, that we
are to gain a fitness for the society of the pure and holy. Those who become
so absorbed in less important studies that they cease to learn in the school of
Christ are meeting with infinite loss....
In the religion of Christ there is a regenerating influence that transforms
the entire being, lifting man above every debasing, groveling vice, and
raising the thoughts and desires toward God and heaven.... Every faculty,
every attribute, with which the Creator has endowed the children of men is
to be employed for His glory; and in this employment is found its purest,
holiest, happiest exercise. While religious principle is held paramount, every
advance step taken in the acquirement of knowledge or in the culture of the
intellect is a step toward the assimilation of the human with the Divine, the
finite with the Infinite....
He who is following the divine guidance has found the only true source
of saving grace and real happiness, and has gained the power of imparting
happiness to all around him.... Love to God purifies and ennobles every taste
and desire, intensifies every affection, and brightens every worthy pleasure. It
enables men to appreciate and enjoy all that is true, and good, and beautiful.
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