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Teacher of Truth the Only Safe Educator
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have faith in the pardon brought to you at infinite cost, or all the
wisdom attained on earth will perish with you.
Shall we bring into our schools the sower of tares? Shall we
permit men who have been taught by the enemy of all truth, to
have the education of our youth? Or shall we take the word of
God as our guide? Why take the unstable words of men as exalted
wisdom, when a greater and certain wisdom is at your command?
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Why present inferior authors to the attention of students, when He
whose words are spirit and life invites, “Come, ... and learn of Me”?
Matthew 11:28, 29
.
“Labor not for the meat which perisheth,” Christ admonished,
“but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the
Son of man shall give unto you: for Him hath God the Father sealed.”
John 6:27
. When we obey these words, we shall rightly understand
the teachings of the Scriptures, and esteem the truth as the most
valuable treasure with which to store the mind. We shall have within
us a wellspring of the water of life. We shall pray, as did the psalmist,
“Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of
Thy law;” and we shall find, as he did, that “the judgments of the
Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they
than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and
the honeycomb. Moreover by them is Thy servant warned: and in
keeping of them there is great reward.”
Psalm 119:18
;
19:9-11
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It is only life that can beget life. He alone has life who is con-
nected with the Source of life, and only such can be a channel of
life. In order that the teacher may accomplish the object of his work,
he should be a living embodiment of truth, a living channel through
which wisdom and life may flow. A pure life, the result of sound
principles and right habits, should therefore be regarded as his most
essential qualification.
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