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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Feb 18, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 7.

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Helps and Hindrances.

By Christian Union

WHETHER a Sabbath-school "help" is a help or a hindrance depends upon the use that is made of it. If the student studies the "help" instead of the Bible the "help" becomes a hindrance. If he goes to his paper, his commentary, or his lesson-help to tell him what he shall think and what he shall teach, he substitutes a tradition for the Bible. The Jews studied the commentaries of the scribes instead of the writings of the prophets; the monks of the Middle Ages studied the theology of the "Fathers" instead of the books of the Bible. Whenever this is done, the church gets away from the words that are "life," and the further it gets away the worse it is off.—Christian Union.