If we come
to the definition of
education, we define it too narrow and too low a range. It
needs a broader
scope and a higher aim. It means more than a pursue of a
certain course of study. It is more than a preparation for the present life. It
deals with the whole being and period of existence possible to man. The true
education is the harmonious development of the physical, the mental, and the
spiritual powers. It should prepare the students for the joy service in this
world and for the higher joy of wider service in the world to come.
The
first object of education is to direct our minds to the God’s revelation of
Himself because He is the source of all true
knowledge. Adam and Eve, our
ancestors, received knowledge through direct communion with God as they learned
of Him through His works. All created things, in their original perfection,
were an expression.
The
perfect standard of truth is written in the Holy Scriptures and that is the
reason why it should be given the highest place in education. We must receive
knowledge of God, the Creator, and of Christ, the Redeemer, as they are
revealed in the sacred world.
He
who co-operates with the divine purpose in imparting to the youth a knowledge
of God, and molding the character into harmony with His, does a high and noble
work. As he awakens a desire to reach God''s ideal, he presents an education
that is as high as heaven and as broad as the universe; an education that
cannot be completed in this life, but that will be continued in the life to
come; an education that secures to the successful student his passport from the
preparatory school of earth to the higher grade, the school above.