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as educators should prize more and more the revealed will of God so
plainly and strikingly presented in Daniel and the Revelation.
Bible Study
The urgent necessities that are making themselves felt in this time
demand a constant education in the word of God. This is present truth.
Throughout the world there should be a reform in Bible study, for it
is needed now as never before. As this reform progresses, a mighty
work will be wrought; for when God declared that His word should not
return unto Him void, He meant all that He said. A knowledge of God
and of Jesus Christ “whom He has sent” is the highest education, and
it will cover the earth with its wonderful enlightenment as the waters
cover the sea.
Bible study is especially needed in the schools. Students should be
rooted and grounded in divine truth. Their attention should be called,
not to the assertions of men, but to the word of God. Above all other
books, the word of God must be our study, the great textbook, the
basis of all education; and our children are to be educated in the truths
found therein, irrespective of previous habits and customs. In doing
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this, teachers and students will find the hidden treasure, the higher
education.
Bible rules are to be the guide of the daily life. The cross of Christ
is to be the theme, revealing the lessons we must learn and practice.
Christ must be brought into all the studies, that students may drink
in the knowledge of God and may represent Him in character. His
excellence is to be our study in time as well as in eternity. The word
of God, spoken by Christ in the Old and New Testaments, is the bread
from heaven; but much that is called science is as dishes of human
invention, adulterated food; it is not the true manna.
In God’s word is found wisdom unquestionable, inexhaustible—
wisdom that originated, not in the finite, but in the infinite mind.
But much of that which God has revealed in His word is dark to
men, because the jewels of truth are buried beneath the rubbish of
human wisdom and tradition. To many the treasures of the word
remain hidden, because they have not been searched for with earnest
perseverance until the golden precepts were understood. The word