A Boy Learned in the Scriptures.
"From a child hast thou known the Holy Scriptures."—2 Tim. 3:15. THESE words are in a letter that Paul wrote to Timothy, a young preacher of the gospel. His mother had been very careful in the training of her son. No doubt she taught him about many things; but his chief study was the Scriptures. Not many children in these days take pride in a knowledge of the Bible. You like to be thought bright in your studies at school, and that is all right; but think how much more important a knowledge of God's word is than all other knowledge. And how much easier it is for you to learn the Scriptures than it was for Timothy. He had no well-bound and printed Bible as we have now. He had to learn from the lips of his parents and instructors. The difference between him and most children now is that he put his mind down to this one thing. He was determined to learn this if he should know nothing else. God had a great work for Timothy to do, and Paul speaks of his knowing the Scriptures as qualifying him for this work. God does not give great work to people who ignore his word. The great workers in the church always make much use of the Bible. If you want to be a good Christian and a good workman for God, you dare not ignore the Bible. Many people would be woefully ignorant of the Scriptures if it were not for preaching. Let it be not so with you. Make the study of the Bible a daily study; and then make preaching a help to the understanding of what you read and study. Do this, and then sometime you will think that the best thing in all the letters that you shall ever get will be just what Paul wrote to his friend Timothy, "From a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures."