148
Education
up,” He said, “will draw all men unto Me.”
John 12:32
. As the student
of the Bible beholds the Redeemer, there is awakened in the soul
the mysterious power of faith, adoration, and love. Upon the vision
of Christ the gaze is fixed, and the beholder grows into the likeness
of that which he adores. The words of the apostle Paul become the
language of the soul: “I count all things but loss for the excellency of
the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: ... that I may know Him, and
the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings.”
Philippians 3:8-10
.
The springs of heavenly peace and joy unsealed in the soul by the
words of Inspiration will become a mighty river of influence to bless
all who come within its reach. Let the youth of today, the youth who
are growing up with the Bible in their hands, become the recipients
and the channels of its life-giving energy, and what streams of blessing
would flow forth to the world!—influences of whose power to heal and
comfort we can scarcely conceive—rivers of living water, fountains
“springing up unto everlasting life.”
[193]
[194]
[195]