Mind, Character, and Personality Vol. 2 - Second Advent Revival

correct knowledge of human duty and eternal interests. The great object in the
establishment of our college was to give correct views, showing the harmony of science
and Bible religion.--4T 274 (1879).
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A Knowledge of Science Needed.--Young men who desire to enter the field as
ministers, colporteurs, or canvassers should first receive a suitable degree of mental
training as well as a special preparation for their calling. Those who are uneducated,
untrained, and unrefined are not prepared to enter a field in which the powerful
influences of talent and education combat the truths of God's Word. Neither can they
successfully meet the strange forms of error, religious and philosophical combined, to
expose which requires a knowledge of scientific as well as Scriptural truth.--GW 81
(1915). {2MCP 741.1}
The Most Important Science.--While the knowledge of science is power, the
knowledge that Jesus came in person to impart is still greater power. The science of
salvation is the most important science to be learned in the preparatory school of earth.
The wisdom of Solomon is desirable, but the wisdom of Christ is far more desirable and
more essential. We cannot reach Christ through a mere intellectual training, but through
Him we can reach the highest round of the ladder of intellectual greatness. While the
pursuit of knowledge in art, in literature, and in trades should not be discouraged, the
student should first secure an experimental knowledge of God and His will.--CT 19
(1913). {2MCP 741.2}
Christ Employed the Science of All True Science.-- Without employing any
compulsion, without using any violence, He [Christ] blends the will of the human subject
to the will of God. This is the science of all true science, for by it a mighty change is
wrought in mind and character --the change that must be wrought in the life of every
one who passes through the gates of the city of God.--Lt 155, 1902. (ML 340.) {2MCP
741.3}
Research Does Not Conflict With Revelation.--God is the foundation of
everything. All true science is in harmony with His works; all true education leads to
obedience
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to His government. Science opens new wonders to our view; she soars high and
explores new depths, but she brings nothing from her research that conflicts with divine
revelation.--ST, Mar 20, 1884. (7BC 916.) {2MCP 741.4}
Science Cannot Search Out Divine Secrets.--"The secret things belong unto the
Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children
forever" (Deuteronomy 29:29). Just how God accomplished the work of creation He has
never revealed to men; human science cannot search out the secrets of the Most High.
His creative power is as incomprehensible as His existence.--PP 113 (1890). {2MCP