By sin man was shut out from God. Except for the plan of redemption,
eternal
separation from God, the darkness of unending night, would have been his.
Through the Saviour's sacrifice, communion with God is again made
possible.
We may not in person approach into His presence; in our sin we may not
look
upon His face; but we can behold Him and commune with Him in Jesus, the
Saviour. "The light of the knowledge of the glory of God" is revealed "in
the face of Jesus Christ." God is "in Christ, reconciling the world unto
Himself." 2 Corinthians 4:6; 5:19.
"The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, . . . full of grace and
truth."
"In Him was life; and the life was the light of men." John 1:14, R.V.;
1:4.
The life and the death of Christ, the price of our redemption, are not
only
to us the promise and pledge of life, not only the means of opening again
to
us the treasures of wisdom: they are a broader, higher revelation of His
character than even the holy ones of Eden knew.
And while Christ opens heaven to man, the life which He imparts opens the
heart of man to heaven. Sin not
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only shuts us away from God, but destroys in the human soul both the
desire
and the capacity for knowing Him. All this work of evil it is Christ's
mission to undo. The faculties of the soul, paralyzed by sin, the darkened
mind, the perverted will, He has power to invigorate and to restore. He
opens to us the riches of the universe, and by Him the power to discern
and
to appropriate these treasures is imparted.
Christ is the "Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the
world."
John 1:9. As through Christ every human being has life, so also through
Him
every soul receives some ray of divine light. Not only intellectual but
spiritual power, a perception of right, a desire for goodness, exists in
every heart. But against these principles there is struggling an
antagonistic power. The result of the eating of the tree of knowledge of
good and evil is manifest in every man's experience. There is in his
nature
a bent to evil, a force which, unaided, he cannot resist. To withstand
this
force, to attain that ideal which in his inmost soul he accepts as alone
worthy, he can find help in but one power. That power is Christ.
Co-operation with that power is man's greatest need. In all educational
effort should not this co-operation be the highest aim?
The true teacher is not satisfied with second-rate work. He is not
satisfied
with directing his students to a standard lower than the highest which it
is
possible for them to attain. He cannot be content with imparting to them
only technical knowledge, with making them merely clever accountants,
skillful artisans, successful tradesmen. It is his ambition to inspire
them
with principles of truth, obedience, honor, integrity, and
purity--principles that will make them a positive force for the stability
and uplifting
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of society. He desires them, above all else, to learn life's great lesson
of
unselfish service.
These principles become a living power to shape the character, through the
acquaintance of the soul with Christ, through an acceptance of His wisdom
as
the guide, His power as the strength, of heart and life. This union
formed,
the student has found the Source of wisdom. He has within his reach the
power to realize in himself his noblest ideals. The op****tunities of the
highest education for life in this world are his. And in the training here
gained, he is entering upon that course which embraces eternity.
In the highest sense the work of education and the work of redemption are
one, for in education, as in redemption, "other foundation can no man lay
than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." "It was the good pleasure of
the
Father that in Him should all the fullness dwell." 1 Corinthians 3:11;
Colossians 1:19, R.V.
Under changed conditions, true education is still conformed to the
Creator's
plan, the plan of the Eden school. Adam and Eve received instruction
through
direct communion with God; we behold the light of the knowledge of His
glory
in the face of Christ.
The great principles of education are unchanged. "They stand fast for ever
and ever" (Psalm III:8); for they are the principles of the character of
God. To aid the student in comprehending these principles, and in entering
into that relation with Christ which will make them a controlling power in
the life, should be the teacher's first effort and his constant aim. The
teacher who accepts this aim is in truth a co-worker with Christ, a
laborer
together with God.
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