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Counsels on Sabbath School Work
Bible, and on your knees plead with God to enlighten your mind. If
we would study the Bible diligently and prayerfully every day, we
should every day see some beautiful truth in a new, clear, and forcible
light.—
The Review and Herald, March 4, 1884
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Written for the Common People
Every child of God should be intelligent in the Scriptures, and
able, by tracing the fulfillment of prophecy, to show our position in
this world’s history. The Bible was written for the common people
as well as for scholars, and is within the comprehension of all. The
great truths which underlie man’s duty to his fellow men and to his
Maker are clearly revealed; and those who really want the truth need
make no mistake. The way is not left in uncertainty, as though we
were standing where four roads met, not knowing which one to take.
The truth is our guide; it is to us like a pillar of cloud by day and a
pillar of fire by night.
The many contradictory opinions in regard to what the Bible
teaches do not arise from any obscurity in the book itself, but from
blindness and prejudice on the part of interpreters. Men ignore the
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plain statements of the Bible to follow their own perverted reason.
Priding themselves on their intellectual attainments, they overlook the
simplicity of truth; they forsake the fountain of living waters to drink
of the poisonous stream of error.—
The Review and Herald, January
27, 1885
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Substitute Bible for Fiction
Both old and young neglect the Bible. They do not make it their
study, the rule of their life. Especially are the young guilty of this
neglect. Most of them find time to read other books, but the book that
points out the way to eternal life is not daily studied. Idle stories are
attentively read, while the Bible is neglected. This book is our guide
to a higher, holier life. The youth would pronounce it the most inter-
esting book they ever read had not their imagination been perverted by
the reading of fictitious stories.—
Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and
Students, 139
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