| Show REFLECT ON WHAT YOU READ kead WHOSO willolo readeth ilet let him understand this was the saviors savior Is instructions to those who search the scriptures it Is good counsel for all readers of what use use is it to devour literature as many people do just to pass away the time that is wasting time some of our young peoples peopled associations pride themselves on the number of chapters read in the bible or some other good book this conveys little valuable information it is not the quantity oi of food de devoured that is beneficial to the system but that which is assimilated on this subject we find the following commendable remarks in a i b re lilious publication called the kams horn the way to got get good out of the bible is not to endeavor to see how many chapters you can read in a week or a month or a year but bat how much you yon can understand how much good can you bring to the surface and get into your life our saviors instructions were to search the scriptures to dig to seek to ransack like a man hunting bunting for a buried treasure ina field he had just bought gold to Is never scattered about on the top of the ground but is hidden where we are obliged to dig for it and it is so w with ith the treasures of gods word they are not for the thoughtless wid and the idle and the indifferent but for those who will seek for them with all the heart we must look below the surface and read between the lines |
