Chapter 4—Mind Drawn From the Real and Substantial
- Introduction
- Chapter 1—The Value of Visual Presentation
- Chapter 2—Effective Also for Evil
- Chapter 3—Seventh-day Adventists Wrestle With the Problem
- Chapter 4—At The Battle Creek Sanitarium
- Chapter 5—SDA Literary Societies
- Chapter 6—Lyceums and Literary Societies
- Chapter 7—Counsel Regarding the 1888 Enacted Christmas Program
- Chapter 8—The Use of Our Talents in Communication
- Chapter 9—Senses Confused by Games and Theatrical Performances
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- Appendix D—ENACTED SCENES
- Appendix E—THE EVANGELIST AND THEATRICAL DISPLAY
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Chapter 4—Mind Drawn From the Real and Substantial
Few realize that it is a duty to exercise control over their thoughts and imaginations. It is difficult to keep the undisciplined mind fixed upon profitable subjects. But if the thoughts are not properly employed, religion cannot flourish in the soul. The mind must be preoccupied with sacred and eternal things, or it will cherish trifling and superficial thoughts. Both the intellectual and the moral powers must be disciplined, and they will strengthen and improve by exercise....DPSDAI 11.6
The intellect, as well as the heart, must be consecrated to the service of God. He has claims upon all there is of us. However innocent or laudable it may appear, the follower of Christ should not indulge in any gratification, or engage in any enterprise, which an enlightened conscience tells him would abate his ardor, or lessen his spirituality.DPSDAI 11.7
“Pleasure-seeking, frivolity, and mental and moral dissipation, are flooding the world with their demoralizing influence. Every Christian should labor to press back the tide of evil, and save our youth from the influences that would sweep them down to ruin. May God help us to press our way against the current!”—The Review and Herald, January 4, 1881.DPSDAI 12.1