A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Gleanings Among the Sheaves

The First Lesson

90 words

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own

ignorance. He cannot learn aright who has not first been taught that he

knows nothing. It is a good thing for a man to feel that he is only

beginning to learn, and to be willing to submit his heart to the

teachings of God’s Spirit, that he may be guided in everything by Him.

The prayer of the quickened soul is, “Teach thou me.” We become as

little children when God begins to deal with us.

Source & provenance

Original C. H. Spurgeon-era text; public domain in the United States. Source provenance retained.

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