_EDUCATION_ “_That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner-stones, polished after the similitude of a palace_” [Illustration] _Education_ _BY ELLEN G. WHITE_ “_The knowledge of the Holy is understanding_” _Pacific Press Publishing Company_ _OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA_ _NEW YORK_ _SAN FRANCISCO_ _LONDON_ _Entered According to Act of Congress in the year 1903 by MRS. E. G. WHITE In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C. All Rights Reserved_ _Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London, England_ [Illustration] _TO PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS_, _all pupils in earth’s preparatory school, this book is dedicated. May it aid them in securing life’s greatest benefits, development and joy in service here, and thus a fitness for that wider service, the “higher course” open to every human being in the school of the hereafter._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _CONTENTS_ _Page_ _FIRST PRINCIPLES_ _Source and Aim of True Education_ _13_ _The Eden School_ _20_ _The Knowledge of Good and Evil_ _23_ _Relation of Education to Redemption_ _28_ _ILLUSTRATIONS_ _The Education of Israel_ _33_ _The Schools of the Prophets_ _45_ _Lives of Great Men_ _51_ _THE MASTER TEACHER_ _The Teacher Sent from God_ _73_ _An Illustration of His Methods_ _84_ _NATURE TEACHING_ _God in Nature_ _99_ _Lessons of Life_ _102_ _Other Object Lessons_ _113_ _THE BIBLE AS AN EDUCATOR_ _Mental and Spiritual Culture_ _123_ _Science and the Bible_ _128_ _Business Principles and Methods_ _135_ _Bible Biographies_ _146_