"The study of the Bible will enoble every thought, feeling, and aspiration as no other study can. It  gives stability of purpose, patience, courage, and fortitude; it refines the character and sanctifies the soul. An earnest, reverent study of the Scriptures, bringing the mind of the student in direct contact with the infinite  mind, would give the world men   of stronger and more active intellect, as well as of nobler principle, than has ever resulted from  the ablest training that human philosophy  affords."   Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, P.94