Mind Takes Level of Things It Observes—The understanding takes the level of the things with which it becomes familiar. If all would make the Bible [See Chapter 11, “Bible Study and the Mind.”] their study, we should see a people further developed, capable of thinking more deeply, and showing a greater degree of intelligence than the most earnest efforts in studying merely the sciences and histories of the world could make them. The Bible gives the true seeker an advanced mental discipline, and he comes from contemplation of divine things with his faculties enriched; self is humbled, while God and His revealed truth are exalted.—The Review and Herald, August 21, 1888. (Fundamentals of Christian Education, 130.) {1MCP 286.1}

Sindet indtager det niveau det opserverer. - Forstanden når den højde, de ting har, som den bliver fortrolig med. Hvis alle ville gøre Bibelen [Se kapitel 11, "Bibelstudium og sindet."] til deres studium, ville vi se et langt mere udviklet folk, som var i stand til at tænke dybere og udvise en større intelligens, end de mest alvorlige anstrengelser med kun at studere verdens videnskaber og historie kunne give dem. Bibelen giver den sande søger en fremadskridende opdragelse af sindet, og han kommer fra betragtningerne af guddommelig ting med sine evner berigede; selvet er ydmyget, mens Gud og hans åbenbarede sandhed bliver ophøjet. - RH, 21. aug, 1888. (FE 130.)