Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

diligently to comprehend this. Through his own
chosen messengers God has given us light and
instruction as to what constitutes the higher
education. There is no higher education to be
gained then that which was given to the early
disciples, and which is given to us through the
Word. May the Holy Spirit of God impress your
minds with the truth that there is nothing in all the
world in the line of education that is so exalted as
the instruction contained in the chapters to which I
have referred. Let us advance just as far as the
word will take us. Let our righteousness be the sign
of our understanding of the will of God committed
to us through his messengers.
It is the privilege of every believer to take the
life of Christ and the teachings of Christ as his
daily study. Christian education means the
acceptance, in sentiment and principle, of the
teachings of the Saviour. It includes a daily
conscientious walking in the footsteps of Christ,
who consented to lay off his royal robe and crown
and to come to our world in the form of humanity,
that he might give to the human race a power that
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