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of books containing the suppositions of reputedly great authors, they
choose the word of Him who is the greatest author and the greatest
teacher the world has ever known, who gave His life for us, that through
Him we might have everlasting life.
Results of Neglecting the Treasure
Satan works on human minds, leading them to think that there
is wonderful knowledge to be gained apart from God. By deceptive
reasoning he led Adam and Eve to doubt God’s word, and to supply
its place with a theory that led to disobedience. And his sophistry is
doing today what it did in Eden. Teachers who mingle the sentiments
of infidel authors with the education they are giving, plant in the minds
of youth thoughts that will lead to distrust of God and transgression
of His law. Little do they know what they are doing. Little do they
realize what will be the result of their work.
A student may go through all the grades of the schools and colleges
of today. He may devote all his powers to acquiring knowledge. But
unless he has a knowledge of God, unless he obeys the laws that
govern his being, he will destroy himself. By wrong habits he loses his
power of self-appreciation. He loses self-control. He cannot reason
correctly about matters that concern him most closely. He is reckless
and irrational in his treatment of mind and body. By wrong habits he
makes of himself a wreck. Happiness he cannot have; for his neglect
to cultivate pure, healthful principles places him under the control of
habits that ruin his peace. His years of taxing study are lost, for he has
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destroyed himself. He has misused his physical and mental powers,
and the temple of the body is in ruins. He is ruined for this life and for
the life to come. By acquiring earthly knowledge he thought to gain a
treasure, but by laying his Bible aside he sacrificed a treasure worth
everything else.
Search for the Treasure
The word of God is to be our study. We are to educate our children
in the truths found therein. It is an inexhaustible treasure; but men
fail to find this treasure because they do not search until it is within
their possession. Very many are content with a supposition in regard