Education

Song, 39, 42, 47, 186, 251; earliest, 161, 162; a means of education, 162, 167, 168; songs of David, 164, 165; the Saviour’s, 166; in the last crisis, 166, 167; to meet temptati...

The mighty power that works through all nature and sustains all things is not, as some men of science claim, merely an all-pervading principle, an actuating energy. God is a spi...

As a means of intellectual training, the opportunities of the Sabbath are invaluable. Let the Sabbath-school lesson be learned, not by a hasty glance at the lesson scripture on...

An illustration of this truth is found in the history of ancient Babylon. To Nebuchadnezzar the king the true object of national government was represented under the figure of a...

Terrible is this truth, and deeply should it be impressed. Every deed reacts upon the doer. Never a human being but may recognize, in the evils that curse his life, fruitage of...

In no other way can the foundation of a true education be so firmly and surely laid. Yet even the child, as he comes in contact with nature, will see cause for perplexity. He ca...

“Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number; He calleth them all by names by the greatness of His might, for tha...

“Behold, I have received commandment to bless; And He hath blessed, and I can not reverse it. He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Neither hath He seen perverseness in Israel;...

To Daniel and his companions, at the very outset of their career, there came a decisive test. The direction that their food should be supplied from the royal table was an expres...

These histories are of vital interest. To none are they of deeper importance than to the youth. Moses renounced a prospective kingdom, Paul the advantages of wealth and honor am...

Man lost all because he chose to listen to the deceiver rather than to Him who is Truth, who alone has understanding. By the mingling of evil with good, his mind had become conf...

In the training of His disciples the Saviour followed the system of education established at the beginning. The twelve first chosen, with a few others who through ministry to th...

In most cases, two meals a day are preferable to three. Supper, when taken at an early hour, interferes with the digestion of the previous meal. When taken later, it is not itse...

Parents who give this training are not the ones likely to be found criticizing the teacher. They feel that both the interest of their children and justice to the school demand t...

The elder brothers, from whom Samuel would have chosen, did not possess the qualifications that God saw to be essential in a ruler of His people. Proud, self-centered, self-conf...

God’s word condemns also the use of those meaningless phrases and expletives that border on profanity. It condemns the deceptive compliments, the evasions of truth, the exaggera...

In daily study the verse-by-verse method is often most helpful. Let the student take one verse, and concentrate the mind on ascertaining the thought that God has put into that v...

True education is not the forcing of instruction on an unready and unreceptive mind. The mental powers must be awakened, the interest aroused. For this, God’s method of teaching...

In the study of agriculture, let pupils be given not only theory, but practise. While they learn what science can teach in regard to the nature and preparation of the soil, the...

_all pupils in earth’s preparatory school, this book is dedicated. May it aid them in securing life’s greatest benefits, development and joy in service here, and thus a fitness...

3:18, R. V. 282 4:6 22, 28 18 296 5:14 66, 297 17 172 19 28 6:10 68 16 258 9:6 109 10:12 226 11:26, 27 68

Heaven is a school; its field of study, the universe; its teacher, the Infinite One. A branch of this school was established in Eden; and, the plan of redemption accomplished, e...

3:4–8 165 9:9, 10 257 11:4 132 12:6 244 15:2, 3 236 2–4 141 5 229 17:4 190 19:8 229 10, 11 252 23:1–4 164 27:1 164 29:9 308 32:8 282 33:9 129, 254 34:7 255 36:9 197 37:5, 6 257...

A new book for the young. Most interesting reading for Christian children. Full of practical lessons drawn from favorite Bible incidents. Good, clear print and attractive illust...