In his book, Discovering the Character of God, MacDonald says:
"No
teacher should strive to make others think as he thinks, but to lead
them to the living Truth, to the Master himself, of whom alone they can
learn anything, and who will make them in themselves know
what is true by the very seeing of it. The inspiration of the Almighty
alone gives understanding. To be the disciple of Christ is the end of
being, and to persuade others to be his disciples is the aim of all
teaching."
In MacDonald's novel, The Fisherman's Lady, Mr. Graham is a school teacher. In describing him, MacDonald says:
"He
would never contradict anything but would oppose error only by teaching
truth. He presented truth and set it face to face with error in the
minds of his students, leaving the two sides and the growing intellect,
heart, and conscience to fight the matter out. To him the business of
the teacher was to rouse and urge this battle by leading fresh forces of
truth onto the field."
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