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title: 'Archibald Alexander on Reading and Study'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2024-09-22
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2024-archibald-alexander-on-reading-and-study
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# Archibald Alexander on Reading and Study

“In all your reading and studies, bear it in mind that all true wisdom cometh down from above. Ask of God, therefore, to bestow upon you the knowledge of the truth. Habituate yourselves to ejaculatory prayer in the midst of your studies. When you take a book in your hand, lift up your heart to God for a blessing; and often as you read let your desires ascend to the source of light, that your minds may be irradiated with beams from the sun of righteousness.” — [**Archibald Alexander**](/authors/archibald-alexander), *The Use and Abuse of Books*