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Messages to Young People
of God. Worthless literature, fictitious stories, are greedily devoured,
while the Bible, with all its treasures of sacred truth, lies neglected
upon our tables. The Sacred Word, if made the rule of life, will refine,
elevate, and sanctify. It is the voice of God to man. Will we heed it?
“The entrance of Thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding
unto the simple.” Angels stand beside the searcher of the Scriptures,
to impress and illuminate the mind. The command of Christ comes to
us with the same force today as when addressed to the first disciples
eighteen hundred years ago: “Search the Scriptures; for in them ye
think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me.”—
The
Review and Herald, January 11, 1881
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