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Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1
This is our chart across the stormy sea of life. It is our guidebook
showing us the way to the eternal mansions and the character we must
have to inhabit them. There is no book the perusal of which will so
elevate and strengthen the mind as the study of the Bible. Here the
intellect will find themes of the most elevated character to call out its
powers. There is nothing that will so endow with vigor all our faculties
as bringing them in contact with the stupendous truths of revelation.
The effort to grasp and measure these great thoughts expands the mind.
We may dig down deep into the mine of truth and gather precious
treasures with which to enrich the soul. Here we may learn the true
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way to live, the safe way to die.—
The Review and Herald, January 4,
1881
. (HC 31.)
Bible Study Will Enlarge the Mind—The Bible is our guide in
the safe paths that lead to eternal life. God has inspired men to write
that which will present the truth to us, which will attract, and which, if
practiced, will enable the receiver to obtain moral power to rank among
the most highly educated minds. The minds of all who make the Word
of God their study will enlarge. Far more than any other study its
influence is calculated to increase the powers of comprehension and
endow every faculty with a new power. It brings the mind in contact
with broad, ennobling principles of truth. It brings all heaven into close
connection with human minds, imparting wisdom and knowledge and
understanding.—
The Youth’s Instructor, October 13, 1898
, (
Sons and
Daughters of God, 70
.)
Bible a Revelation of Jehovah—Through all time this Book is to
stand as a revelation of Jehovah. To human beings the divine oracles
have been committed to be the power of God. The truths of the Word
of God are not mere sentiment, but the utterances of the Most High.
He who makes these truths a part of his life becomes in every sense
a new creature. He is not given new mental powers, but the darkness
that through ignorance and sin have clouded the understanding is
removed.—
The Review and Herald, November 10, 1904
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