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The Beginning of Wisdom, April 12
Growing in Wisdom and Knowledge
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the
knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Proverbs 9:10
Christ was the greatest teacher the world ever saw. He brought to
man knowledge direct from heaven. The lessons which He has given
us are what we need for both the present and the future state. He sets
before us the true aims of life and how we may secure them.
In the school of Christ students are never graduated. Among the
pupils are both old and young. Those who give heed to the instructions
of the divine Teacher constantly advance in wisdom, refinement, and
nobility of soul, and thus they are prepared to enter that higher school
where advancement will continue throughout eternity.
Infinite Wisdom sets before us the great lessons of life—lessons of
duty and happiness. These are often hard to learn, but without them we
can make no real progress. They may cost us effort and tears, and even
agony, but we must not falter or grow weary. We shall at last hear the
Master’s call, “Child, come up higher.” ...
Every faculty, every attribute, with which the Creator has endowed
the children of men is to be employed for His glory; and in this em-
ployment is found its purest, holiest, happiest exercise. While religious
principle is held paramount, every advance step taken in the acquire-
ment of knowledge or in the culture of the intellect is a step toward the
assimilation of the human with the Divine, the finite with the Infinite.
If the youth will but learn of the heavenly Teacher, ... they will
know for themselves that the fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of
wisdom. Having thus laid a sure foundation, they ... turn every privilege
and opportunity to the very best account, and may rise to any height in
intellectual attainments.
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