Tuesday, May 31, 2005

 

Education, p. 107.

The more quiet and simple the life of the child--the more free from artificial excitement and the more in harmony with nature--the more favorable it is to physical and mental vigor and to spiritual strength.

Monday, May 30, 2005

 

Education, p. 107.

Children should not be forced into a precocious maturity, but as long as possible should retain the freshness and grace of their early years.

Sunday, May 29, 2005

 

Education, p. 107.

The little ones should be educated in childlike simplicity. They should
be trained to be content with the small, helpful duties and the
pleasures and experiences natural to their years.

Friday, May 27, 2005

 

Education, p. 103.

All things both in heaven and in earth declare that the great law of
life is a law of service.

Thursday, May 26, 2005

 

Education, p. 100.

The unseen is illustrated by the seen. On everything upon the earth,
from the loftiest tree of the forest to the lichen that clings to the
rock, from the boundless ocean to the tiniest shell on the shore, they
may behold the image and superscription of God.

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

 

Education, p. 100.

To the little child, not yet capable of learning from the printed page or of being introduced to the routine of the schoolroom, nature presents an unfailing source of instruction and delight.

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

 

Education, pp. 99, 100.

Only in harmony with Him can be found [our] true sphere of action. For all the objects of His creation the condition is the same--a life sustained by receiving the life of God, a life exercised in harmony with the Creator's will. To transgress His law, physical, mental, or moral, is to place one's self out of harmony with the universe, to introduce discord, anarchy, ruin.

Monday, May 23, 2005

 

Education, p. 99.

The same power that upholds nature, is working also in man. The same
great laws that guide alike the star and the atom control human life.
The laws that govern the heart's action, regulating the flow of the
current of life to the body, are the laws of the mighty Intelligence
that has the jurisdiction of the soul. From Him all life proceeds.

Sunday, May 22, 2005

 

Education, p. 124.

The mind occupied with commonplace matters only, becomes dwarfed and
enfeebled.

Saturday, May 21, 2005

 

Education, p. 123.

The most valuable teaching of the Bible is not to be gained by
occasional or disconnected study. Its great system of truth is not so
presented as to be discerned by the hasty or careless reader. Many of
its treasures lie far beneath the surface, and can be obtained only by
diligent research and continuous effort.

Friday, May 20, 2005

 

Education, p. 123.

God has provided in His word the means for mental and spiritual development. The Bible contains all the principles that men need to understand in order to be fitted either for this life or for the life to come.

Thursday, May 19, 2005

 

Education, p. 123.

For the mind and the soul, as well as for the body, it is God's law that strength is acquired by effort.

Wednesday, May 18, 2005

 

Education, p. 120.

Children should be encouraged to search out in nature the objects that
illustrate Bible teachings, and to trace in the Bible the similitudes
drawn from nature. They should search out, both in nature and in Holy
Writ, every object representing Christ, and those also that He employed
in illustrating truth.

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

 

Education, p. 113.

Only the love that flows from the heart of Christ can heal. Only he in
whom that love flows, even as the sap in the tree or the blood in the
body, can restore the wounded soul.

Monday, May 16, 2005

 

Education, p. 113.

Before sin created the need, God had provided the remedy. Every soul
that yields to temptation is wounded, bruised, by the adversary; but
whenever there is sin, there is the Saviour.

Sunday, May 15, 2005

 

Education, p. 109.

The harvest of life is character, and it is this that determines
destiny, both for this life and for the life to come.

Friday, May 13, 2005

 

Education, p. 108.

By the laws of God in nature, effect follows cause withunvarying certainty. The reaping testifies to the sowing.

Thursday, May 12, 2005

 

Education, p. 108.

It is the word of God, the impartation of His life, that gives life tothe seed; and of that life, we, in eating the grain, become partakers.

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

 

Education, p. 99.

Upon all created things is seen the impress of the Deity. Nature testifies of God.

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

 

Education, p.96.

The presence of the same guide in educational work today will produce the same results as of old. This is the end to which true educationt ends; this is the work that God designs it to accomplish.

Monday, May 09, 2005

 

Education, p. 189.

The student of the Bible should be taught to approach it in the spirit of a learner. We are to search its pages, not for proof to sustain our opinions, but in order to know what God says.

 

Education,p. 189.

One of the chief causes of mental inefficiency and moral weakness is the lack of concentration for worthy ends. We pride ourselves on the wide distribution of literature; but the multiplication of books, even books that in themselves are not harmful, may be a positive evil.

 

Education, p. 96.

The same Spirit that in His stead was sent to be the instructor of Hisfirst co-workers, Christ has commissioned to be the instructor of Hisco-workers today. "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of theworld" (Matthew 28:20), is His promise.

Sunday, May 08, 2005

 

Education, p. 95-96.

Then was there such a revelation of the glory of Christ as had neverbefore been witnessed by mortal man. Multitudes who had reviled His nameand despised His power confessed themselves disciples of the Crucified.Through the co-operation of the divine Spirit the labors of the humblemen whom Christ had chosen stirred the world. To every nation underheaven was the gospel carried in a single generation.

Saturday, May 07, 2005

 

Education, p. 92.

Jesus, seeing that to antagonize was but to harden, refrained fromdirect conflict. The narrowing selfishness of Judas' life, Christ soughtto heal through contact with His own self-sacrificing love.

Thursday, May 05, 2005

 

Education, p. 86.

In order successfully to carry forward the work to which they had been called, these disciples, differing so widely in natural characteristics, in training, and in habits of life, needed to come into unity of feeling, thought, and action. This unity it was Christ's object to secure.

 

Education, p. 83.

In the Teacher sent from God, all true educational work finds its center.

 

Education, p. 77

Christ came to demonstrate the value of the divine principles by revealing their power for the regeneration of humanity. He came to teach how these principles are to be developed and applied.