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Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students
and children should devote time to the study of the lesson, seeking
to obtain a thorough knowledge of the facts presented and also of the
spiritual truths which these facts are designed to teach. We should
especially impress upon the minds of the youth the importance of
seeking the full significance of the scripture under consideration.
Parents, set apart a little time each day for the study of the
Sabbath school lesson with your children. Give up the social visit
if need be, rather than sacrifice the hour devoted to the lessons of
sacred history. Parents as well as children will receive benefit from
this study. Let the more important passages of Scripture connected
with the lesson be committed to memory, not as a task, but as a
privilege. Though at first the memory be defective, it will gain
strength by exercise, so that after a time you will delight thus to
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treasure up the words of truth. And the habit will prove a most
valuable aid to spiritual growth.
The Home Reading Circle
Let our people show that they have a live interest in medical
missionary work. Let them prepare themselves for usefulness by
studying the literature that has been prepared for our instruction
on these subjects. Those who study and practice the principles of
right living will be greatly blessed, both physically and spiritually.
An understanding of the philosophy of health is a safeguard against
many of the evils that are continually increasing.
Fathers and mothers, obtain all the help you can from the study of
our books and publications. Take time to read to your children from
the health books, as well as from the books treating more particularly
on religious subjects. Teach them the importance of caring for the
body, the house they live in. Form a home reading circle, in which
every member of the family shall lay aside the busy cares of the
day and unite in study. Especially will the youth who have been
accustomed to reading novels and cheap storybooks, receive benefit
from joining in the evening family study.