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J.R. Miller (米勒)
“Your Word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path!” Psalm 119:105
“你的话是我脚前的灯，是我路上的光！”诗篇119:105
In many houses you will see beautiful Bibles bound handsomely in morocco leather, with gilt edges, and full of bright pictures. I love to see a beautiful Bible in a home – especially if it is not kept too clean and unsoiled. But the most beautiful form in which a household Bible can be bound, is in the holy life of godly parents. There is no tinted, gold-edged paper so lovely – as the pages God gives us on which to write our daily record.
在许多房子里，你会看到用摩洛哥皮革精美装订的圣经，带有镀金边，充满明亮的图画。我喜欢在家中看到一本漂亮的圣经 – 特别是当它并非保持得太过干净整洁的时候。但是，家庭圣经最美的装帧形式，是虔诚父母的圣洁生活。没有任何染色的金边纸张能比得上上帝赐予我们用来记录日常生活的篇章那样美丽。
The precepts and lessons of the inspired Word sound very sweetly when read out of a richly-covered volume – but they sound far more sweetly, when the child can spell them out of the parent’s daily life.
当从精美封面的书卷中读出这些受启发的话语时，其教诲和课程听起来非常甜美 – 但是当孩子能从父母的日常生活中领悟这些教诲时，它们听起来会更加甜美。
It is well for a parent to read to his child from the inspired page about the beauty of holiness; but it is better still when the child can see that beauty shining out transfigured in every feature of his parent’s character.
父母向孩子朗读圣经中关于圣洁之美的内容是很好的；但是当孩子能在父母品格的每个特征中看到那种美所展现的光辉时，那就更好了。
It is well for him to read of the patience, gentleness, meekness, forbearance, and love of Christ; but it is better when he exemplifies all of these traits.
向孩子读到基督的忍耐、温柔、谦逊、宽容和爱是很好的；但是当父母以身作则展现这些品质时则更好。
It is well for him to teach the child what the Bible says about lying, profanity, intemperance, and all sins; it is better when his life proclaims all these lessons.
教导孩子圣经对说谎、亵渎、放纵和所有罪恶的教导是很好的；但是当他的生命彰显这些教训时则更好。
No family Bible is so well printed and bound, as the one that is printed on the heart, and bound up in the life of a godly parent. I would recommend all parents to get this kind of Bible – and to keep the dust off it always by constant use. This is the best kind for a lamp to the children’s feet.
没有任何家庭圣经能比得上印在心上、融入虔诚父母生命中的圣经那样精美。我建议所有父母都要获得这样的圣经 – 并通过不断实践来保持它的清洁。这是为儿女脚前照明最好的明灯。
A beautiful Christian life is a living epistle written by the hand of God – which the youngest child can read before it has learned to spell out the shortest words of the language. It is a sermon that preaches Christ all day long – seven days in the week!
美好的基督徒生活是上帝手所写的活书信 – 即使最年幼的孩子在学会拼写最简单的词语之前就能读懂。这是一篇传讲基督的讲道，整天不停 – 一周七天！
There is no heresy so dangerous to childhood – as heresies lived in the home!
对童年来说，没有什么异端比生活在家庭中的异端更危险！