"The Lord would use the church school as an aid to the parents in educating and preparing their children for this time before us. Then let the church take hold of the school work in earnest and make it what the Lord desires it to be. CT 167.1"
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
The EGW passage directly echoes the principle of Proverbs 22:6, emphasizing the importance of training children in the right way, and connects it to the role of the church school in supporting parents.
"***** We cannot afford to separate spiritual from intellectual training. Well may parents dread intellectual greatness for their children, unless it is balanced by a knowledge of God and His ways. This lies at the foundation of all true knowledge. In the place of unsanctified, rivalry for earthly honor, let it be the highest ambition of our students to go forth from their school life as missionaries for God, educators who will teach what they have learned. Students who leave school with this purpose will draw to Christ not only men and women, but children and youth. They will do a work in the world that not all the powers of evil can counteract. CT 167.2"
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction."
The EGW passage directly echoes the sentiment of Proverbs 1:7, emphasizing the importance of fearing God as the foundation of true knowledge, especially in the context of education.
"Teachers, awake to your responsibilities, your privileges. Well may you inquire, Who is sufficient for these things? “My grace is sufficient for thee” ( 2 Corinthians 12:9 ) is the assurance of the Great Teacher. If you leave Him out of the question, seeking not His aid, hopeless indeed is your task. But in His wisdom and strength you may nobly succeed. CT 167.3"
"And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."
EGW directly quotes 2 Corinthians 12:9, making it an explicit allusion.