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True Education
is an exchange of the worthless and transitory for the precious and
enduring. This is not sacrifice, but infinite gain.
“Something better” is the watchword of education, the law of all
true living. Whatever Christ asks us to renounce, He offers some-
thing better in its stead. Often young people cherish objects, pursuits,
and pleasures that may not appear to be evil but that fall short of the
highest good. Let them be directed to something better than display,
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ambition, or self-indulgence. Bring them into contact with truer
beauty, with loftier principles, and with nobler lives. Point them to
the One “altogether lovely.” When once the gaze is fixed upon Him,
the life finds its center. The youthful enthusiasm, generous devotion,
and passionate ardor find here their true object. Duty becomes a
delight and sacrifice a pleasure. To honor Christ, to become like
Him, to work for Him, is life’s highest ambition and greatest joy.
“The love of Christ compels us.”
2 Corinthians 5:14
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*Partial definition of
nice:
fastidious, refined, delicate, precise,
discriminative; calling for great care, accuracy, tact; having high
standards of conduct.
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