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Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students
ture from the instruction that God has given concerning our schools.
Once the barriers are broken down, the advance of the enemy will
be marked, unless the Lord shall humble hearts and convert minds.
The effort to regain that which was lost by the proceedings of that
afternoon cost the teachers much labor. They were severely tried.
With the students there was seen a desire for further pleasure and
less regard for the instruction of God’s word. The Lord of heaven
was thus dishonored, and the indulgence of the desires of the human
heart in sin and love of pleasure was the education received.
Let those who are educating the youth govern themselves ac-
cording to the high and holy principles that Christ has given in His
word. Let them remember that, as far as possible, they are to recover
the ground that has been lost, that they may bring into our schools
the spirituality that was seen in the schools of the prophets.
The Bible as Our Counselor
Teachers need an intimate acquaintance with the word of God.
The Bible, and the Bible alone, should be their counselor. The word
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of God is as the leaves of the tree of life. Here is met every want
of those who love its teachings and bring them into the practical
life. Many of the students who come to our schools are unconverted,
though they may have been baptized. They do not know what it
means to be sanctified through a belief of the truth. They should be
taught to search and understand the Bible, to receive its truths into
the heart and carry them out in the daily life. Thus they will become
strong in the Lord; for spiritual sinew and muscle are nourished by
the bread of life.
The Lord desires His stewards to discharge their duties faithfully
in His name and in His strength. By believing His word and acting
upon its teachings, they may go on conquering and to conquer. But
when men depart from the principles of righteousness, they conceive
a high opinion of their own goodness and abilities, and unconsciously
they exalt themselves. The Lord allows such ones to walk alone,
to follow their own way. Thus He gives them opportunity to see
themselves as they are and to manifest to others their weakness. He
is seeking to teach them that the Lord’s way is always to be closely
followed, that His word is to be taken as it reads, and that men are