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book they ever read had not their imagination been perverted by the
reading of fictitious stories
As a people who have had great light, we are to be uplifting in our
habits, in our words, in our domestic life and association. Give the
Word its honored position as a guide in the home. Let it be regarded
as the counselor in every difficulty, the standard of every practice.
Will my brethren and sisters be convinced that there can never be true
prosperity to any soul in the family circle unless the truth of God, the
wisdom of righteousness, presides? Every effort should be made by
fathers and mothers to bring their own minds up from the lazy habit of
regarding the service of God as a burden. The power of the truth must
be a sanctifying agency in the home
In their early years children are to be taught the claims of God’s
law and faith in Jesus our Redeemer to cleanse from the stains of sin.
This faith must be taught day by day, by precept and example
Bible Study Strengthens the Intellect
If the Bible were studied as it should be, men would become strong
in intellect. The subjects treated upon in the Word of God, the dignified
simplicity of its utterance, the noble themes which it presents to the
mind, develop faculties in man which cannot otherwise be developed.
In the Bible a boundless field is opened for the imagination. The
student will come from a contemplation of its grand themes, from
association with its lofty imagery, more pure and elevated in thought
and feeling than if he had spent the time reading any work of mere
human origin, to say nothing of those of a trifling character. Youthful
minds fail to reach their noblest development when they neglect the
highest source of wisdom—the Word of God. The reason why we
have so few men of good mind, of stability and solid worth, is that
God is not feared, God is not loved, the principles of religion are not
carried out in the life as they should be.
God would have us avail ourselves of every means of cultivating
and strengthening our intellectual powers.... If the Bible were read
more, if its truths were better understood, we should be a far more
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Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 138, 139
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Child Guidance, 508, 509
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Testimonies for the Church 5:329