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A Model School “The system of education instituted at the beginning of the world, was to be a model for man throughout all after-time. As an illustration of its principles, a model school was established in Eden, the home of our first parents. The garden of Eden was the schoolroom, nature was the lesson-book, the Creator Himself was the instructor, and the parents of the human family were the students.” The Teacher “In His interest for His children, our Heavenly Father personally directed their education. Often, they were visited by His messengers, the holy angels, and from them received counsel and instruction. Often as they walked in the garden in the cool of the day, they heard the voice of God, and face to face held communion with the Eternal. His thoughts toward them were ‘thoughts of peace, and not of evil.’ His every purpose was their highest good.” Course of Study “To Adam and Eve was committed the care of the garden, ‘to dress it and to keep it.’ Though rich in all that the Owner of the Universe could supply, they were not to be idle. Useful occupation was appointed them as a blessing, to strengthen the body, to expand the mind, and to develop the character.”Original Research “The book of nature, which spread its living lessons before them, afforded an exhaustless source of instruction and delight. On every leaf of the forest and stone of the mountains, in every shining star, in earth and sea and sky, God’s name was written. […] The laws and operations of nature, and the great principles of truth that govern the spiritual Universe, were opened to their minds by the infinite Author of all. In ‘the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God,’ their mental and spiritual powers developed, and they realized the highest pleasures of their holy existence.” Other Schools Purpose of Training “As it came from the Creator’s hand, not only the garden of Eden but the whole Earth was exceedingly beautiful. No taint of sin, or shadow of death, marred the fair creation. God’s glory ‘covered the Heavens, and the Earth was full of His praise.’ ‘The morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy.’ Thus was the Earth a fit emblem of Him who is ‘abundant in goodness and truth;’ a fit study for those who were made in His image. The garden of Eden was a representation of what God desired the whole Earth to become, and it was His purpose that, as the human family increased in numbers, they should establish other homes and schools like the one He had given. Thus, in the course of time the whole Earth might be occupied with homes and schools where the words and the works of God should be studied, and where the students should thus be fitted more and more fully to reflect, throughout endless ages, the Light of the knowledge of His glory.”
