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Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students
melody, nature’s ten thousand voices speak His praise. In earth and
sea and sky, with their marvelous tint and color, varying in gorgeous
contrast or blended in harmony, we behold His glory. The everlasting
hills tell of His power. The trees that wave their green banners in
the sunlight and the flowers in their delicate beauty point to their
Creator. The living green that carpets the brown earth tells of God’s
care for the humblest of His creatures. The caves of the sea and the
depths of the earth reveal His treasures. He who placed the pearls in
the ocean and the amethyst and chrysolite among the rocks is a lover
of the beautiful. The sun rising in the heavens is a representative
of Him who is the life and light of all that He has made. All the
brightness and beauty that adorn the earth and light up the heavens
speak of God.
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Shall we, then, in the enjoyment of His gifts, forget the Giver?
Let them rather lead us to contemplate His goodness and His love.
Let all that is beautiful in our earthly home remind us of the crystal
river and green fields, the waving trees and living fountains, the
shining city and the white-robed singers, of our heavenly home—
that world of beauty which no artist can picture, no mortal tongue
describe. “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered
into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them
that love Him.”
1 Corinthians 2:9
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To dwell forever in this home of the blest, to bear in soul, body,
and spirit, not the dark traces of sin and the curse, but the perfect
likeness of our Creator, and through ceaseless ages to advance in
wisdom, in knowledge, and in holiness, ever exploring new fields of
thought, ever finding new wonders and new glories, ever increasing
in capacity to know and to enjoy and to love, and knowing that there
is still beyond us joy and love and wisdom infinite—such is the
object to which the Christian’s hope is pointing, for which Christian
education is preparing. To secure this education, and to aid others to
secure it, should be the object of the Christian’s life.
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Let us never lose sight of the fact that Jesus is a wellspring of
joy. He does not delight in the misery of human beings, but loves to
see them happy.
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