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deepening in its flow. Paul reminds Timothy of the privi-
lege he had ‘enjoyed in this devout ancestry, and says: “I
have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day,

when I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith
that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois
and thy mother Eunice.”

Here then was a happy Christian home. From a child
Timothy would be instructed daily in the sacred Scriptures,
with the grand result that must always follow a faithful,
continuous study of the Scriptures, he became ‘“‘wise.”” Wise
unto salvation, thoroughly equipped for the great work that

was before him.

His life was full of honorable toil in the service of Oye
Christ. Those daily Bible lessons with his mother and grand-
mother, in the happy, early days at Lystra, prepared him for
the grave and solemn work of the care of many churches
and finally of the Bishopric of Ephesus.

Timothy knew the Scriptures from a child. And it is
not too much to say that no education is complete that
does not include a thorough knowledge of the Bible. Of all
true wisdom, the knowledge of God is the beginning, the
sum and the substance. And where shall we go for that
knowledge, if not to this sacred book? Men may be wise in
a thousand things, but if they are ignorant of God and his
love, of Christ and his compassion, and of the way through
life to immortality which the Bible makes known, they are
ignorant indeed.’

‘“‘Blessed are they that love thy law, they shall walk,
O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.”

The poet Cowper, from whom we have already quoted,
draws a beautiful picture of a simple-minded woman, who
though ignorant of much of the world’s learning, was well