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waters. He will unfold to us the beauty and glory of nature. He will
reveal what He is to us and what we are to Him. Truth we cannot know
now because of finite limitations, we shall know hereafter
The Christian family is to be a training school from which children
are to graduate to a higher school in the mansions of God
Heaven is a school; its field of study, the universe; its teacher, the
Infinite One. A branch of this school was established in Eden; and, the
plan of redemption accomplished, education will again be taken up in
the Eden school....
Between the school established in Eden at the beginning and the
school of the hereafter there lies the whole compass of this world’s
history—the history of human transgression and suffering, of divine
sacrifice, and of victory over death and sin.... Restored to His presence,
man will again, as at the beginning, be taught of God: “My people
shall know My name: ... they shall know in that day that I am He that
doth speak: behold, it is I.” ...
There, when the veil that darkens our vision shall be removed and
our eyes shall behold that world of beauty of which we now catch
glimpses through the microscope; when we look on the glories of the
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heavens, now scanned afar through the telescope; when, the blight of
sin removed, the whole earth shall appear “in the beauty of the Lord
our God,” what a field will be open to our study
Heavenly Knowledge Will Be Progressive—All the treasures of
the universe will be open to the study of God’s redeemed. Unfettered
by mortality, they wing their tireless flight to worlds afar—worlds that
thrilled with sorrow at the spectacle of human woe and rang with songs
of gladness at the tidings of a ransomed soul. With unutterable delight
the children of earth enter into the joy and the wisdom of unfallen be-
ings. They share the treasures of knowledge and understanding gained
through the ages upon ages in contemplation of God’s handiwork.
With undimmed vision they gaze upon the glory of creation—suns
and stars and systems, all in their appointed order circling the throne
of Deity. Upon all things, from the least to the greatest, the Creator’s
name is written, and in all are the riches of His power displayed.
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Education, 301-303
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