INDIVIDUAL WORSHIP
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INDIVIDUAL WORSHIP |
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All this is false education. The work of every teacher should be to fasten the minds of the youth upon the grand truths of the word of Inspiration. This is the education essential for this life and the life to come.
And let it not be thought that
this will prevent the study of the sciences or cause a lower standard in
education. The knowledge of God is as high as heaven and as broad as the
universe. There is nothing so ennobling and invigorating as a study of the
great themes which concern our eternal life. Let the youth seek to grasp
these God-given truths, and their minds will expand and grow strong in the
effort. It will bring every student who is a doer of the word into a broader field of
thought and secure for him a wealth of knowledge that is imperishable.
The ignorance that now curses the
world in regard to the binding claims of the law of God is the result of
neglecting the study of the Scriptures. It is Satan's studied plan so to
absorb and engage the mind that God's great Guidebook shall not be regarded
as the Book of books and that the sinner shall not be led from the path of
transgression into the path of obedience.
Why is it that our youth, and even
those of more mature years, are so easily led into temptation and sin? It is
because the Bible is not studied and meditated upon as it should be. If it
were made the daily study, there would be an inward rectitude, a strength of
spirit, that would resist the temptations of the enemy. A firm, decided
effort to turn from evil is not seen in the life, because the instruction
given by God is disregarded. There is not put forth the effort that there
should be to fill the mind with pure, holy thoughts and to rid it of all
that is impure and untrue. There is not the choosing of
the better part, the sitting at
the feet of Jesus, as did Mary, to learn lessons from the divine Teacher.
When God's word is made the man of
our counsel, when we search the Scriptures for light, heavenly angels come
near to impress the mind and to enlighten the understanding so that it can
be truly said, "The entrance of Thy words giveth light; it giveth
understanding unto the simple." Psalm
119:130. It is no marvel that there is not more heavenly-mindedness seen
among the youth who profess Christianity, when so little attention is
given to the word of God. The divine counsels are not heeded; the divine
admonitions are not obeyed. Grace and heavenly wisdom are not sought,
that every taint of corruption may be cleansed from the life.--
Counsels to Parents, Teachers and Students, p. 442.3 |
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A failure to study God's word is
the great cause of mental weakness and inefficiency. In turning from this
word to feed on the writings of uninspired men, the mind becomes dwarfed and
cheapened. It is not brought in contact with deep, broad principles of
eternal truth. The understanding adapts itself to the comprehension of the
things with which it is familiar, and in this devotion to finite things it
is weakened, its power is contracted, and after a time it becomes unable to
expand.
