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Messages to Young People
of godliness; no human mind can fully understand it, and it is utterly
incomprehensible to the unregenerate heart.
Taught of God
The youth will not become weak-minded or inefficient by conse-
crating themselves to the service of God. To many, education means
a knowledge of books; but “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of
wisdom.” The youngest child who loves and fears God is greater in His
sight than the most talented and learned man who neglects the matter
of personal salvation. The youth who consecrate their hearts and lives
to God are placing themselves in connection with the Fountain of all
wisdom and excellence.
If the youth will but learn of the heavenly Teacher, as Daniel did,
they will know for themselves that the fear of the Lord is indeed
the beginning of wisdom. Having thus laid a sure foundation, they
may, like Daniel, turn every privilege and opportunity to the very
best account, and may rise to any height in intellectual attainments.
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Consecrated to God, and having the protection of His grace and the
quickening influence of His Holy Spirit, they will manifest deeper
intellectual power than the mere worldling.
To learn science through the interpretation that men have placed
on it is to obtain a false education. To learn of God, and of Jesus Christ
whom He has sent, is to learn the science of the Bible. The pure in
heart see God in every providence, in every phase of true education.
They recognize the first approach of the light that radiates from God’s
throne. Communications from heaven are made to those who will
catch the first gleams of spiritual knowledge.
The students in our schools are to regard the knowledge of God
as above everything else. Only by searching the Scriptures can this
knowledge be attained. “The preaching of the cross is to them that
perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to
nothing the understanding of the prudent.... The foolishness of God is
wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.... But
of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom,
and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: that, according