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With Good Books That Ennoble the Mind, June 20
Blessed is he that readeth.
Revelation 1:3
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We made it a practice to read instructive and interesting books, with the
Bible, in the family circle, and our children were always happy as we thus
entertained them. Thus we prevented a restless desire to be out in the street
with young companions, and at the same time cultivated in them a taste
for solid reading.... The volumes of “Spirit of Prophecy,” [
The Conflict of
the Ages series replaced this four-volume set.
] should be in every family,
and should be read aloud in the family circle.... The Testimonies contain
instruction which meets the case of all, both parents and children. Should
these be read aloud to the entire family, the children as well as the parents
would be benefited by their counsels, warnings, and reproofs.... Let the
time be devoted to the reading of the Scriptures and other interesting books
that will impart knowledge and inculcate right principles. Let the best
reader be selected to read aloud, while other members of the family are
engaged in useful occupations. Thus these evenings at home may be made
both pleasant and profitable
Children need proper reading, which will afford amusement and recre-
ation, and not demoralize the mind or weary the body
Most children and young people will have reading matter; and if it is
not selected for them, they will select it for themselves. They can find a
ruinous quality of reading anywhere, and they soon learn to love it; but
if pure and good reading is furnished them, they will cultivate a taste for
that
By practising right-doing, a disgust will be created in the heart for that
which is low, cheap, and disorderly
Pure healthful reading will be to the mind what healthful food is to the
body. You will thus become stronger to resist temptation, to form right
habits, and to act upon right principles
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The Review and Herald, December 26, 1882
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The Review and Herald, December 11, 1879
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The Review and Herald, December 11, 1879
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The Youth’s Instructor, January 18, 1894
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The Review and Herald, December 26, p. 1882
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