Character Revealed by Choice of Reading—The nature of one’s religious experience is revealed by the character of the books one chooses to read in one’s leisure moments. In order to have a healthy tone of mind and sound religious principles, the youth must live in communion with God through His Word. Pointing out the way of salvation through Christ, the Bible is our guide to a higher, better life. It contains the most interesting and the most instructive history and biography that were ever written. Those whose imagination has not become perverted by the reading of fiction will find the Bible the most interesting of books.—The Youth’s Instructor, October 9, 1902. (Messages to Young People, 273, 274.) {1MCP 108.2}

Karakteren åbenbares ved valg af læsestof. - Naturen af ens religiøse erfaring afsløres ved valg af læsestof i fritiden. For at få en sund harmoni i sindet og sunde religiøse principper, må de unge leve i samfund med Gud gennem Hans Ord. Udpege frelsens vej igennem Kristus, Bibelen er vor guide til et højere og bedre liv. Den indeholder de mest interessante og mest belærende historie og biografi som nogen sinde er skrevet. Dem hvis fantasi aldrig er blevet forvansket af at læse fiktion, vil finde Bibelen som den mest interessante bog. - YI, 9. okt., 1902. (MYP 273, 274.)