Nature a Lesson Book
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precious lessons with the beauty of natural things. On the holy rest
day, above all other days, we should study the messages that God has
written for us in nature. We should study the Saviour’s parables where
He spoke them, in the fields and groves, under the open sky, among
the grass and flowers. As we come close to the heart of nature, Christ
makes His presence real to us and speaks to our hearts of His peace
and love.
And Christ has linked His teaching, not only with the day of rest,
but with the week of toil. He has wisdom for him who drives the plow
and sows the seed.... In every line of useful labor and every association
of life He desires us to find a lesson of divine truth. Then our daily toil
will no longer absorb our attention and lead us to forget God; it will
continually remind us of our Creator and Redeemer. The thought of
God will run like a thread of gold through all our homely cares and
occupations. For us the glory of His face will again rest upon the face
of nature. We shall ever be learning new lessons of heavenly truth and
growing into the image of His purity. Thus shall we “be taught of the
Lord,” and in the lot wherein we are called we shall “abide with God.”
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