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The Bible in Christian Education
As a means of intellectual training, the Bible is more effective
than any other book, or all other books combined. The greatness of
its themes, the dignified simplicity of its utterances, the beauty of its
imagery, quicken and uplift the thoughts as nothing else can. No other
study can impart such mental power as does the effort to grasp the
stupendous truths of revelation. The mind thus brought in contact with
the thoughts of the Infinite cannot but expand and strengthen.
And even greater is the power of the Bible in the development of
the spiritual nature. Man, created for fellowship with God, can only in
such fellowship find his real life and development. Created to find in
God his highest joy, he can find in nothing else that which can quiet
the cravings of the heart, can satisfy the hunger and thirst of the soul.
He who with sincere and teachable spirit studies God’s word, seeking
to comprehend its truths, will be brought in touch with its Author; and,
except by his own choice, there is no limit to the possibilities of his
development
Let the more important passages of Scripture connected with the
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lesson be committed to memory, not as a task, but as a privilege.
Though at first the memory be defective, it will gain strength by ex-
ercise, so that after a time you will delight thus to treasure up the
words of truth. And the habit will prove a most valuable aid to spiritual
growth
Dangers in Sending Children to School Too Young
As the dwellers in Eden learned from nature’s pages, as Moses
discerned God’s handwriting on the Arabian plains and mountains,
and the child Jesus on the hillsides of Nazareth, so the children of
today may learn of Him. The unseen is illustrated by the seen.
So far as possible, let the child from his earliest years be placed
where this wonderful lesson book shall be open before him
Do not send your little ones away to school too early. The mother
should be careful how she trusts the molding of the infant mind to
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Education, 124, 125
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Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 137, 138
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Education, 100, 101