Section 8—Guiding Principles in Education Chapter 37—Principles of Study and Learning (Part 3) Avoid Creating Feelings of Injustice—When you jostle against the elements manifested by those who have no Bible religion but only a profession, do not forget that you are a Christian. You greatly lower your influence and mar your own Christian experience whenContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1”
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Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1
Section 8—Guiding Principles in Education Success Demands Aim—Success in any line demands a definite aim. He who would achieve true success in life must keep steadily in view the aim worthy of his endeavor. Such an aim is set before the youth of today.—Education, 262 (1903). Should Aim as High as Possible—The specific place appointedContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1”
Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1
Section 8—Guiding Principles in Education Chapter 35—The Influence of Perception A Law in Intellectual and Spiritual Worlds—It is a law both of the intellectual and the spiritual nature that by beholding we become changed. The mind gradually adapts itself to the subjects upon which it is allowed to dwell. It becomes assimilated to that whichContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1”
Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1
Chapter 33—Dangers Facing Youth Habits Determine Destiny—In childhood and youth the character is most impressible. The power of self-control should then be acquired. By the fireside and at the family board, influences are exerted whose results are as enduring as eternity. More than any natural endowment, the habits established in early years decide whether aContinue 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”