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“...no Book in the world deserves to be so unceasingly studied, and so profoundly meditated upon as the Bible.” John Quincy Adams’s advice to his twelve-year-old son George Washington Adams, September 14, 1813. #Bible #AdamsPapers @JQAdams_MHS
“To read the Bible is of itself a laudable occupation, & can scarcely fail of being an useful employment of Time—But the habit of reflecting upon what you have read is equally essential as that of reading itself to give it all the efficacy of which it is susceptible....” JQ Adams
“I therefore now recommend it to you to set apart a small portion of every day to read one or more Chapters of the Bible, and always to read it with reference to some particular train of observation or of reflection...” #JohnQuincyAdams to his son, 14 September 1813. #AdamsPapers
“And may the merciful Creator who gave the Scriptures for our Instruction, bless your study of them, and make them to you fruitful of good works [cf. Col. 1:10]!— from your affectionate father.” #JohnQuincyAdams to his son George Washington Adams, 14 September 1813. #AdamsPapers
![“And may the merciful Creator who gave the Scriptures for our Instruction, bless your study of them, and make them to you fruitful of good works [cf. Col. 1:10]!— from your affectionate father.” #JohnQuincyAdams to his son George Washington Adams, 14 September 1813. #AdamsPapers](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eh6Z7EeX0AAfU2f.jpg "“And may the merciful Creator who gave the Scriptures for our Instruction, bless your study of them, and make them to you fruitful of good works [cf. Col. 1:10]!— from your affectionate father.” #JohnQuincyAdams to his son George Washington Adams, 14 September 1813. #AdamsPapers")
![“And may the merciful Creator who gave the Scriptures for our Instruction, bless your study of them, and make them to you fruitful of good works [cf. Col. 1:10]!— from your affectionate father.” #JohnQuincyAdams to his son George Washington Adams, 14 September 1813. #AdamsPapers](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eh6Z7EeWoAEFVTo.jpg "“And may the merciful Creator who gave the Scriptures for our Instruction, bless your study of them, and make them to you fruitful of good works [cf. Col. 1:10]!— from your affectionate father.” #JohnQuincyAdams to his son George Washington Adams, 14 September 1813. #AdamsPapers")
