“I often think I cannot spell
The lesson I must learn,
And then in weariness and doubt
I pray the page may turn;
“But time goes on, and soon I find
I was learning all the while,
And words which seemed most dimly traced
Shine out with rainbow smile.”
We are all scholars at school. In our present life we never get out of our class-forms; our real living lies on beyond and here all is education. We are at school not merely when we are bending over our Bibles, listening to sermons, reading good books or sitting at the feet of our teachers, but also when we are at our tasks, when we are in the midst of life’s busy scenes and when we are passing through experiences of difficulty and trial.
We have our school-books from which to learn our lessons; among these the Bible is first. It is a wonderful book. God is its author; its lessons are patterned from the heavenly life, which is the standard in all our earthly training; it contains all that we need to learn; its lessons, fully mastered, will bring us to heaven’s gates.
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