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To do so he learns the meaning, the teaching of the Word, and in order to make it his own, puts it intp his own words. He has used memory, logical memory, in the process, and will .amaze the wide-awake teacher by 'showing that he has a grasp, of spiritual truth, and by his ability to locate in his own Bible the source- of his ideas. This type of memory is of infinitely more value than the ability to quote miles of unappropriated verses. In considering all other 'age groups we note that no .“two persons have the same balance of traits. Some, with a gift for rote memory, go through life thinking they know much of the Word when they have merely memorized it.- They are as tonished when some one suggests that memorizing is not learning. Adults Can Memorize No person need feel that he is too old to learn. The only person too old to learn is one who has allowed his mind to .stagnate. This type of in dividual is' found at all age levels, even in middle adolescence which is often regarded as the period of keenest mental alertness. Being lovers of slogans, we Ameri cans find it easier to adopt a slogan than to think out its meaning. There fore: “The Junior age is the golden age of memory,” and presto, an -ex cuse is created by the older-than- Junior-age person for not using his energy in learning the Word. Or, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” and again an excuse is pffered for mental laziness. Nevertheless, dozens of people after passing the age of fifty have learned new languages, have acquired new skills, have done many things never before attempted because they have refused to believe in the slogans ac cepted by others, and have realized that rote memory of poetry, prose, Bible, or other literature is not learn ing. Failure in learning is due to “mind, set.” If you make up your mind you are too old to learn—you are. But if you will clear your mind o f this fallacy, you will find yourself able to acquire more and more knowledge and skill. “The" Word,” as Andrew Murray points out, “is like a seed: everything depends upon the treatment it re ceives.' Some receive the Word with the understanding: there it cannot be quickened. The Word ^is meant for the heart, the will, the affections. The Word must be submitted to, must be lived, must be acted out.” . When this counsel is followed in the learning of God’s Word, the re membering of it will be easy and natural.
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regarded as learning, and the children vie with one another in trying to im press the group with how much they know. They rarely really know the verses, and more rarely do they put into practice What has been memo rized. Because of this desire of Juniors to show off, this age has been called the “golden age of memory.” Con sequently, adults who did not shine as Juniors go through life saying, “I have such a poor,memory.” (A few experiments tried out by such people, in each case proved that they memorize more readily and retain longer than the younger members of their classes.) The young person of Intermediate, or Senior High age, has learned, although not consciously, that there are other forms of knowledge than quoting Bible verses, songs, o r poetry verbatim. He wants to think.
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