I Will Love Good Books

[Thompson, Darryl]

I Will Love Good Books 

     Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to
doctrine. 1 Tim. 4:13  

     God has given to His people the choicest reading matter. Let the
Word of God find a place in every room in the house. Keep the Bible, the
bread of life, in plain sight. Let the money spent for magazines be
spent instead for publications containing present truth, and let them be
given a prominent place in the home. With all safety these may be placed
before the children and youth. Novels should not find a place in the
homes of those who believe in Christ. Do not keep before the youth that
which is represented as wood, hay, and stubble, for it will poison the
appetite for that which is represented as gold, silver, and precious
stones. The inclination for light, trashy reading is to be strictly
denied.  

     Keep choice, elevating literature ever before the members of the
family. Read our books and papers. Study them. Become familiar with the
truths they contain. As you do this, you will feel the influence of the
Holy Spirit. Every moment of life is precious, and should be spent in
preparing for the future immortal life. Let the mind be stored with the
elevating, ennobling themes of the Word of God, that you may be ready to
speak a word in season to those who come within the sphere of your
influence. The reading of our publications will not make us mental
dyspeptics. None of us will receive the bread of life to our injury, but
as these books are read, the mind will be furnished with that which will
establish the heart in the truth.  

     We must prepare ourselves for most solemn duties. A world is to be
saved. . . . In view of the great work to be done, how can anyone afford
to waste precious time and God-given means in doing those things that
are not for his best good or for the glory of God? 

>From My Life Today - Page 89