Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

their determination was to be self-made men and
women. Many have failed because they have not
reasoned from cause to effect. They are contented
to be carried rather than to work their own way.
And many follow their example.
When students are carried through years of
study on the means of others, they lose that
experience of practical life that it will be difficult
for them to recover. One who has so often
appeared as my instructor, placed His hand on the
shoulder of a young man, and said, "You have yet
to sink the shaft deeper if you obtain the heavenly
treasure. You must learn to cling to the truth by
faith in Jesus Christ. Associate with men of
experience, who have been taught by God, and
who have experimental knowledge of saving faith.
Notwithstanding all that has been written in
regard to God's plan for the education of our
schools, this subject has not been fully taken in. It
is today as it was in the days of Christ. The sayings
of the priests and rabbis were then frequently
brought forward as if they were truth and light.
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