Education of Israel
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aid in bringing a peaceful solution of problems that now threaten to
fill the world with anarchy and bloodshed.
The consecration to God of a tithe of all increase, whether of the
orchard and harvest field, the flocks and herds, or the labor of brain or
hand, the devotion of a second tithe for the relief of the poor and other
benevolent uses, tended to keep fresh before the people the truth of
God’s ownership of all, and of their opportunity to be channels of His
blessings. It was a training adapted to kill out all narrowing selfishness,
and to cultivate breadth and nobility of character.
A knowledge of God, fellowship with Him in study and in labor,
likeness to Him in character, were to be the source, the means, and
the aim of Israel’s education—the education imparted by God to the
parents, and by them to be given to their children.
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