Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

powers. Let them work the living machinery
proportionately. The constant working of the brain
is a mistake. I wish I could express in words just
that which would express the matter. The constant
working of the brain causes a diseased imagination.
It leads to dissipation. The education of five years
in this one line is not of much value as an all-round
education of one year.
Let the students take up the work of using the
knowledge they have obtained. Let them impart to
others the benefits they have received. The Bible
studies are to be diligently kept up. If the students
will humbly seek him, the Lord of heaven will
open their understanding. They will take time to
review their studies in book knowledge: they will
critically examine the advancement they have
made in the school-room, and will combine with
their studies physical exercise, which is the most
important in obtaining an all-round education. If
your men and women would grow up into the full
stature of Jesus Christ, they must treat themselves
intelligently. Conscientiousness in methods of
education is just as essential as in the consideration
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