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Wisdom Giveth Life, April 13
Growing in Wisdom and Knowledge
The excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them
that have it.
Ecclesiastes 7:12
Pointing out the way of salvation, the Bible is our guide to a higher,
better life.
In turning from God’s Word to feed on the writings of uninspired
men, the mind becomes dwarfed and cheapened. It is not brought in
contact with deep, broad principles of eternal truth....
The work of every teacher, every parent, should be to fasten the
minds of the children and youth upon the grand truths of the Word of
inspiration. This is the education essential for this life and for the life
to come. And let it not be thought that this will prevent the study of
the sciences or cause a lower standard in education. The knowledge of
God is as high as heaven and as broad as the universe. There is nothing
so ennobling and invigorating as the study of the great themes which
concern our eternal life. Let the youth seek to grasp these God-given
truths, and their minds will expand and grow strong in the effort. It will
bring every student who is a doer of the Word into a broader field of
thought and secure for him a wealth of knowledge that is imperishable.
In God’s Word only we find an authentic account of creation.... In
this Word only can we find a history of our race unsullied by human prej-
udice or human pride... Here we may hold communion with patriarchs
and prophets and listen to the voice of the Eternal as He speaks with
men. Here we behold the Majesty of Heaven, as He humbled Himself to
become our substitute and surety, to cope single-handed with the powers
of darkness and to gain the victory in our behalf. A reverent contempla-
tion of such themes as these cannot fail to soften, purify, and ennoble
the heart and at the same time to inspire the mind with new strength and
vigor.
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