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True Education
All Can Understand Nature’s Lessons
These precious lessons may be taught so simply as to be un-
derstood even by little children. The heart of the child is tender
and easily impressed, and when we who are older become “as little
children” (
Matthew 18:3
), when we learn the simplicity, gentleness,
and tender love of the Savior, we shall not find it difficult to touch
the hearts of the little ones and teach them love’s ministry of healing.
Perfection exists in the least as well as in the greatest works
of God. The hand that hung the worlds in space is the hand that
fashions the flowers of the field. Examine under the microscope
the smallest and most common of wayside blossoms, and note the
exquisite beauty and completeness in all its parts. The most common
tasks, performed with loving faithfulness, are beautiful in God’s
sight. Conscientious attention to little things will make us workers
together with Him and win His commendation.
As the bow in the cloud results from the union of sunshine and
shower, so the bow above God’s throne represents the union of His
mercy and His justice. To the sinful but repentant soul God says,
Live, for “I have found a ransom.”
Job 33:24
. “The mountains shall
depart and the hills be removed, but My kindness shall not depart
from you, nor shall My covenant of peace be removed, says the Lord
who has mercy on you.”
Isaiah 54:10
.
The Message of the Stars and Nature
The stars also have a message of good cheer for every human
being. In those hours that come to all, when obstacles seem in-
surmountable and life’s aims impossible to achieve, courage and
steadfastness can be found in that lesson which God counsels us to
learn from the stars in their untroubled course. “Lift up your eyes on
high, and see who has created these things, who brings out their host
by number; He calls them all by name, by the greatness of His might
and the strength of His power; not one is missing.”
Isaiah 40:26
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The palm tree, beaten by the scorching sun and the fierce sand-
storm, stands green and fruitful in the midst of the desert. Its roots
are fed by living springs. Its crown of green is seen afar over the