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Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students - Ellen G. White

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heaven <strong>and</strong> as broad as the universe. There is<br />

nothing so ennobling <strong>and</strong> invigorating as a study of<br />

the great themes which concern our eternal life. Let<br />

the youth seek <strong>to</strong> grasp these God-given truths, <strong>and</strong><br />

their minds will exp<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> grow strong in the<br />

effort. It will bring every student who is a doer of<br />

the word in<strong>to</strong> a broader field of thought <strong>and</strong> secure<br />

for him a wealth of knowledge that is imperishable.<br />

The ignorance that now curses the world in<br />

regard <strong>to</strong> the binding claims of the law of God is<br />

the result of neglecting the study of the Scriptures.<br />

It is Satan’s studied plan so <strong>to</strong> absorb <strong>and</strong> engage<br />

the mind that God’s great Guidebook shall not be<br />

regarded as the Book of books <strong>and</strong> that the sinner<br />

shall not be led from the path of transgression in<strong>to</strong><br />

the path of obedience.<br />

Why is it that our youth, <strong>and</strong> even those of<br />

more mature years, are so easily led in<strong>to</strong> temptation<br />

<strong>and</strong> sin? It is because the Bible is not studied <strong>and</strong><br />

meditated upon as it should be. If it were made the<br />

daily study, there would be an inward rectitude, a<br />

strength of spirit, that would resist the temptations<br />

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