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Word and Works of God
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you look at the wonderful things that God’s hand has made, let your
proud, foolish heart feel its dependence and inferiority. How terrible
it is when the acknowledgment of God is not made when it should
be made! How sad to humble oneself when it is too late!
The psalmist declares, “When Thou saidst, Seek ye My face; my
heart said unto Thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.”
Psalm 27:8
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whole of this psalm should find a place in the reading and spelling
lessons of the school. The twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth, and seventy-
eighth psalms tell of the rich blessings bestowed by God upon His
people and of their poor returns for all His benefits. The eighty-first
psalm explains why Israel was scattered—they forgot God, as the
churches in our land are forgetting Him today. Consider also the
eighty-ninth, ninetieth, ninety-first, ninety-second, and ninety-third
psalms.
These things were written for our admonition, upon whom the
ends of the world are come; and should they not be studied in our
schools? The word of God contains instructive lessons, given in
reproof, in warning, in encouragement, and in rich promises. Would
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not such food as this be meat in due season to the youth?
An Impressive Representation
In a night vision given me some years ago I was in an assembly
where our school problems were being discussed, and the question
was asked, “Why has not appropriate matter for reading books and
other lesson books been selected and compiled? Why has not the
word of God been extolled above every human production? Have
you thought that a better knowledge of what the Lord hath said
would have a deleterious effect on teachers and students?”
There was a hush in the assembly, and conviction came to stu-
dents and teachers. Men who had looked upon themselves as wise
and strong saw that they were weak and lacking in the knowledge of
that Book which concerns the eternal destiny of the human soul.
The Speaker then took from the hands of the teachers books
which they had been making their study, some of which had been
written by infidel authors and contained infidel sentiments, and
laid them on the floor. Then He placed the Bible in their hands,
saying, “You have little knowledge of this Book. You know not