教育论-第11章
第10章 上帝在大自然中
教育论-第11章
Chap. 10 - God in Nature
教育论-第11章
“祂的荣光遮蔽诸天,颂赞充满大地”(哈3:3)。
在一切受造之物上,都可以看到上帝的印记。自然界为上帝作见证。那易于感受的心,一旦与宇宙的奥秘和奇迹接触,就不得不承认那无穷之能力的运行。地球并非藉其本身固有的能力而产生万物,并年复一年环绕太阳而行。一只看不见的手在指导行星于天际间按轨道而行。一种神秘的生命弥漫在一切自然物中──这生命维持着无数的大千世界,寄寓于飘浮在夏日清风中昆虫原子之内,使燕子飞翔,使哀鸣的雏鸦得食,使蓓蕾开放,并使花朵结成果实。{Ed 99.1}[1]
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Upon all created things is seen the impress of the Deity. Nature testifies of God. The susceptible mind, brought in contact with the miracle and mystery of the universe, cannot but recognize the working of infinite power. Not by its own inherent energy does the earth produce its bounties, and year by year continue its motion around the sun. An unseen hand guides the planets in their circuit of the heavens. A mysterious life pervades all nature--a life that sustains the unnumbered worlds throughout immensity, that lives in the insect atom which floats in the summer breeze, that wings the flight of the swallow and feeds the young ravens which cry, that brings the bud to blossom and the flower to fruit. {Ed 99.1}[1]
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这维持自然的同一能力,也正在人身上运行着。这管理星辰和原子的同一大规律,也支配着人的生命。那控制心脏活动,调节身体命脉的规律,也就是那大能的全智者用来统治人的规律。一切的生命都是从祂而来。惟有与祂和谐,才能觉察其活动的真范围。因祂所创造的万物,情形都是一样的──即是藉着接受上帝的生命以维持生命,并按照创造主的旨意而使用生命。人不拘在身体、心智、或道德方面违背祂的规律,就是使自己与宇宙不和谐,并招致不和、混乱与毁灭。{Ed 99.2}[2]
教育论-第11章
The same power that upholds nature, is working also in man. The same great laws that guide alike the star and the atom control human life. The laws that govern the heart's action, regulating the flow of the current of life to the body, are the laws of the mighty Intelligence that has the jurisdiction of the soul. From Him all life proceeds. Only in harmony with Him can be found its true sphere of action. For all the objects of His creation the condition is the same--a life sustained by receiving the life of God, a life exercised in harmony with the Creator's will. To transgress His law, physical, mental, or moral, is to place one's self out of harmony with the universe, to introduce discord, anarchy, ruin. {Ed 99.2}[2]
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凡是这样学习理解自然界教训的人,就会对自然界有清楚的了解。世界就是课本,生活就是学校。人与自然和上帝合而为一,律法的普遍要求,违背律法的后果,必对人的心智和品格产生影响。{Ed 100.1}[3]
教育论-第11章
To him who learns thus to interpret its teachings, all nature becomes illuminated; the world is a lesson book, life a school. The unity of man with nature and with God, the universal dominion of law, the results of transgression, cannot fail of impressing the mind and molding the character. {Ed 100.1}[3]
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这些教训是我们的儿女需要学习的。对于那些尚不能认字,无法正常进入课堂学习的儿童,大自然提供了教育与喜乐的无穷资源。人心若没有因犯罪而变得刚硬,就会看出上帝的能力弥漫在一切受造之物中。人的耳朵若未因世俗的喧嚣而麻木,就会听到那藉着自然界所发出来的声音。对于那些年纪稍大,经常需要在属灵和永恒方面默默地得到提醒的人,自然的教训同样是教育与喜乐的源泉。伊甸的居民怎样从自然的课本中学习,摩西怎样在阿拉伯的平原和群山中看见上帝的手迹,儿童耶稣怎样在拿撒勒的山边学习,今日的儿童也照样可以向祂学习。不可见的事物是用可见之事物来显明的。从森林中最高的树木到附在岩石上的苔藓,从漫无边际的海洋到岸上最小的贝壳,他们可以从地上的万物中看出上帝的形像和手迹。{Ed 100.2}[4]
教育论-第11章
These are lessons that our children need to learn. To the little child, not yet capable of learning from the printed page or of being introduced to the routine of the schoolroom, nature presents an unfailing source of instruction and delight. The heart not yet hardened by contact with evil is quick to recognize the Presence that pervades all created things. The ear as yet undulled by the world's clamor is attentive to the Voice that speaks through nature's utterances. And for those of older years, needing continually its silent reminders of the spiritual and eternal, nature's teaching will be no less a source of pleasure and of instruction. As the dwellers in Eden learned from nature's pages, as Moses discerned God's handwriting on the Arabian plains and mountains, and the child Jesus on the hillsides of Nazareth, so the children of today may learn of Him. The unseen is illustrated by the seen. On everything upon the earth, from the loftiest tree of the forest to the lichen that clings to the rock, from the boundless ocean to the tiniest shell on the shore, they may behold the image and superscription of God. {Ed 100.2}[4]
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要让孩子们尽早置身于向他展开这奇妙课本的环境中,使他观赏那位大美术家在变幻无穷的天空所描绘的辉煌景象,使他熟悉海洋和大地的奇迹,关注季节变化所揭示的奥秘,并在创造主一切作为上向祂学习。{Ed 100.3}[5]
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So far as possible, let the child from his earliest years be placed where this wonderful lesson book shall be open before him. Let him behold the glorious scenes painted by the great Master Artist upon the shifting canvas of the heavens, let him become acquainted with the wonders of earth and sea, let him watch the unfolding mysteries of the changing seasons, and, in all His works, learn of the Creator. {Ed 100.3}[5]
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此外没有其他方法可以为真教育奠定如此坚定稳固的基础。然而即使是儿童在与大自然接触的时候,也会发现困惑之处。他肯定会看到敌对势力的活动。这时大自然就需要一位解释者。尽管面对自然界所显示的不幸,人人也可以学到悲惨的教训——“这是仇敌作的”(太13:28)。{Ed 101.1}[6]
教育论-第11章
In no other way can the foundation of a true education be so firmly and surely laid. Yet even the child, as he comes in contact with nature, will see cause for perplexity. He cannot but recognize the working of antagonistic forces. It is here that nature needs an interpreter. Looking upon the evil manifest even in the natural world, all have the same sorrowful lesson to learn--"An enemy hath done this." Matthew 13:28. {Ed 101.1}[6]
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只有在髑髅地的光辉中,大自然的教训才能得到正确的解读。要藉着伯利恒和十字架的故事显明善如何制胜恶,并显明我们所得到的一切福气都是救赎的恩赐。{Ed 101.2}[7]
教育论-第11章
Only in the light that shines from Calvary can nature's teaching be read aright. Through the story of Bethlehem and the cross let it be shown how good is to conquer evil, and how every blessing that comes to us is a gift of redemption. {Ed 101.2}[7]
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荆棘与蒺藜,刺草与稗子,都代表施行损害毁坏的罪恶。歌唱的鸟儿,开放的花朵,雨水和阳光,夏天的清风和甘露,以及大自然的大千事物,从森林中的橡树到其根旁绽放的紫罗兰,都彰显那复兴之爱。自然界仍向我们述说上帝的善良。{Ed 101.3}[8]
教育论-第11章
In brier and thorn, in thistle and tare, is represented the evil that blights and mars. In singing bird and opening blossom, in rain and sunshine, in summer breeze and gentle dew, in ten thousand objects in nature, from the oak of the forest to the violet that blossoms at its root, is seen the love that restores. And nature still speaks to us of God's goodness. {Ed 101.3}[8]
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“耶和华说,我知道我向你们所怀的意念,是赐平安的意念,不是降灾祸的意念”(耶29:11)。这就是在十字架的光辉中我们可以从自然界所解读的信息。诸天宣扬祂的荣耀;大地充满祂的丰富。{Ed 101.4}[9]
教育论-第11章
I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil. Jeremiah 29:11. This is the message that, in the light from the cross, may be read upon all the face of nature. The heavens declare His glory, and the earth is full of His riches. {Ed 101.4}[9]
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