Section 7—Adolescence and Youth Chapter 31—Problems of Youth (Part 3) What Every Woman Should Know—Many ladies, accounted well-educated, having graduated with honors at some institution of learning, are shamefully ignorant of the practical duties of life. They are destitute of the qualifications necessary for the proper regulation of the family, and hence essential to itsContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1”
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Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1
Section 7—Adolescence and Youth Chapter 31—Problems of Youth Thoughts Become Habits—We need a constant sense of the ennobling power of pure thoughts. The only security for any soul is right thinking. As a man “thinketh in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7). The power of self-restraint strengthens by exercise. That which at first seemsContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1”
Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1
39/46 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1 Section 7—Adolescence and Youth Chapter 31—Problems of Youth Youth Are Receptive and Hopeful—The youth are receptive, fresh, ardent, hopeful. When once they have tasted the blessedness of self-sacrifice, they will not be satisfied unless they are constantly learning of the Great Teacher. The Lord will open ways beforeContinue reading
Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1
Section 5—Life’s Energizing Force Chapter 23—Love—A Divine, Eternal Principle (Part 2) Love Makes Concessions—Christ’s love is deep and earnest, flowing like an irrepressible stream to all who will accept it. There is no selfishness in His love. If this heaven-born love is an abiding principle in the heart, it will make itself known, not onlyContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1”
Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1
Section 4—The Growing Personality Chapter 22—The School and the Teacher (Part 5) Schoolroom Atmosphere Affects Students—The religious life of a large number who profess to be Christians is such as to show that they are not Christians…. Their own hereditary and cultivated traits of character are indulged as precious qualifications when they are death-dealing inContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1”
Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1
Section 4—The Growing Personality Chapter 22—The School and the Teacher (Part 4) Best Use of Parts Composing Human Machinery—Had teachers been learning the lessons the Lord would have them learn, there would not be a class of students whose bills must be settled by someone or else they leave the college with a heavy debtContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1”
Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1
Section 4—The Growing Personality Chapter 22—The School and the Teacher (Part 3) Determination to Improve Important—A teacher’s advantages may have been limited so that he may not possess as high literary qualifications as might be desirable; yet if he has true insight into human nature; if he has a genuine love for his work, an appreciationContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 1”