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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 9, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 48.

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SEED THOUGHTS.

By Willis S. Hinman

BY REV. WILLIS S. HINMAN.
Our Father's Book.—It is a wonderful book. God gave it, and through all the years he has protected it. Once a part of the Bible was lost in the temple. There are some other houses where the Bible is lost. Lawbreakers would like to hide or get rid of all law books. So sinners wish God's Book of law kept out of their sight.
This Book is a safe guide. The Reformation was a reformation, because Luther insisted on the church's return to the Bible.
There are other good books, but no book is good if it takes the place of your Bible.
How shall we use it?—Study it. There are many gems in it that you have never seen. Search for them.
You might as well have no Bible as not to read the one you have.
Some people use their Bible as a place for hiding valuables. The Bible is to read, not to use as a bank or safety vault.
I like to see a Bible on a man's parlor table, but I would rather still see it in his heart.
It is a book for us all. No matter how unlearned you are, it has precious truths for your comprehension. No matter how wise you are, it can teach you something.
There are greater discoveries to be made in the Bible than at the north pole or in Africa.
Your usefulness as a Bible student is not measured by what you know of the Bible, but by the use you make of your knowledge. Pray God to show you his will for the right use of it.
If you want to know how wicked sin is, don't ask your neighbor what he thinks about it, but go to the Bible and learn what sin is in the sight of God.
Pass your knowledge along. If the Bible teaches you something you are glad to know, call some other person's attention to it.
You think you know the Bible pretty well. If all the Bible were lost, how much could you reproduce from memory?
Opinions differ as to woman's place in religious work, but one thing is certain—a woman who knows the Bible and how to use it in Christian work is superior to a man who don't. When King Josiah found the long-lost book of the law, he sent it to Huldah for interpretation because she knew the book.—Lutheran Observer.