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Information about this Book Overview This eBook is provided by the Ellen G. White Estate. It is included in the larger free Online Books collection on the Ellen G. White Estate Web site. About the Author Ellen G. White (1827-1915) is considered the most widely translated American author, her works having been published in more than 160 languages. She wrote more than 100,000 pages on a wide variety of spiritual and practical topics. Guided by the Holy Spirit, she exalted Jesus and pointed to the Scriptures as the basis of one’s faith. Further Links A Brief Biography of Ellen G. White About the Ellen G. White Estate End User License Agreement The viewing, printing or downloading of this book grants you only a limited, nonexclusive and nontransferable license for use solely by you for your own personal use. This license does not permit republication, distribution, assignment, sublicense, sale, preparation of derivative works, or other use. Any unauthorized use of this book terminates the license granted hereby. Further Information For more information about the author, publishers, or how you can support this service, please contact the Ellen G. White Estate at mail@whiteestate.org. We are thankful for your interest and feedback and wish you God’s blessing as you read. i
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Preface In the olden days, when Jerusalem was to be rebuilt, the prophet, in vision, heard one heavenly messenger saying to another, “Run, speak to this young man.” And so, in these days, the young men and young women of the Advent movement have been given an important part to act in the closing drama of earth’s history. “The Lord has appointed the youth to be his helping hand.”— Testimonies for the Church 7:64. “With such an army of workers as our youth, rightly trained, might furnish, how soon the message of a crucified, risen, and soon- coming Saviour might be carried to the whole world!”—“Education,” page 271. Such messages as these have been coming to the young people of this movement, through the spirit of prophecy, from the very beginning of our work. The Lord’s chosen instrument for the man- ifestation of this gift, Mrs. Ellen G. White, was a girl of only seventeen when she began her work. She knew the struggles of childhood and youth with the powers of darkness, and she knew the life of victory in Christ. Many messages of instruction, sympathy, reproof, and encouragement have come from her pen, addressed directly to the young people. And these messages, always directing the minds of the youth to Christ and to his word as the only source of strength in building noble Christian manhood and womanhood, have done much to foster the spirit of consecration that has characterized so many of our young people. It was in 1892 and 1893 that messages were given, suggesting that our young people should be organized into bands and societies for Christian work. From these suggestions has developed the Young People’s Society of Missionary Volunteers, which has proved to be such a lifting and holding power in the lives of the Advent youth all [8] around the world. While much that Sister White has written for our young people has been published in her books, many articles that appeared in the iii
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Youth’s Instructor and in other places have not been preserved in permanent form. These instructions are a precious heritage, and should be in the hands of all our young people of today. The General Conference Missionary Volunteer Department has, therefore, gone over all that she has written in our periodicals from the beginning of her work, and has made selections of matter pertaining to young people and young people’s problems. While it has not always been possible to preserve the entire article, care has been exercised to make such selections as would give clearly the author’s ideas on the subject treated. To make a well-balanced book of instruction, we have also included much material already in book form, but not widely distributed to the young people. The work of gathering and arranging the articles comprising this volume was entered into unitedly by the Trustees of the Ellen G. White Publications and the Secretaries of the Missionary Volunteer Department. Through the painstaking efforts of the Southern Pub- lishing Association, this counsel is sent forth in this attractive form. It is hoped that the interest of our young people in this book will lead them to a careful study of all the messages that have come to the remnant church through the spirit of prophecy. It is our most earnest prayer that these messages may be a great strength to the young people of the advent movement all round the world, in perfecting Christian character, and in giving new impetus toward the completion of our great task—“The Advent message to all the world in this generation. M. E. Kern, Secretary of General Conference Missionary Volunteer Department. [9]
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Contents Information about this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix Chapter 1—Building Character for Eternity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 A Faithful Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Section 1—God’s Purpose for the Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Chapter 2—A Call to the Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Called to a High Destiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Be Light Bearers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Cherished Broad Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 The Call to Enlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Essential Elements of Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Chapter 3—Seeking to Please Him . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Chapter 4—Standards of Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Faithful Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Complete Consecration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Assert Your Liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Complete Surrender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Choosing Your Destiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Heart-Searching Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Chapter 5—Our Day of Opportunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 The Kind of Workers Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Our Source of Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Righteousness Within . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Chapter 6—Heights that May be Attained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Religion the Basis of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 High Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Influence of Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Our Stewardship of Talents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 A High Ideal to Reach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Channels of God’s Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Chapter 7—Standards of Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Qualifying for Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Cleverness not Piety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 v
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vi Messages to Young People The Chosen Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Chapter 8—Climbing the Heights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Daily Advancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Meeting Obstacles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Chapter 9—Partnership With God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Reaching Higher and Higher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Section 2—The Conflict with Sin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Chapter 10—Satan, a Mighty Foe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Satan in Disguise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 The Battle for Each Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Chapter 11—The Character of the Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Call to Oppose Powers of Evil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Aid of the Holy Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 The Price of Victory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Chapter 12—Satan’s Special Effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Confidence in Self Fatal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Destroying Confidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Control of the Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 The Curtain Lifted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Chapter 13—Temptation No Excuse for Sin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Chapter 14—Fortitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 In the Strength of the Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Chapter 15—The Soul Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 God’s Ideal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Desecrated Shrines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Degradation Through Sensual Indulgence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Help in Temptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Chapter 16—Ye Are Not Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Results of Complete Consecration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 All Our Powers Belong to Him . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 The Price of a Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Decision Called For . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Chapter 17—True Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Not Feeling but a Changed Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Practicality of Genuine Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 The Sanctified Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 The Cords of Satan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Chapter 18—Counsel to an Indulged Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . 72
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Contents vii Controlling the Imagination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Subduing Passions and Affections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Chapter 19—Strength of Character Through Conflict . . . . . . 75 Purity Not Dependent on Circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Death Before Dishonor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Chapter 20—Resisting Temptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Needless Temptations to Be Shunned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Duty Above Inclination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Chapter 21—The Deceitfulness of Sin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Self-Examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Chapter 22—A Warning Against Skepticism . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Danger of Association with Skeptics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Self-Confidence and Blindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Moral Courage Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 The Tempest Is Coming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Daily Dependence on God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Chapter 23—One Weak Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Thought Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Section 3—Gaining Victories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Chapter 24—Onward and Upward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 God Not Unreasonable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Develop Confidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Cost of Victory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Chapter 25—Perfecting Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Set Your Mark High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Cultivate Every Grace of Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 His Biddings Are Enablings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Our Constant Dependence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Chapter 26—The Fight of Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Living Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 A Lifelong Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Chapter 27—Victory Appropriated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Faith and Duty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Chapter 28—How to be Strong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Behold His Glory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Joy Through Repentance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Chapter 29—The Victorious Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 The Dominating Influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
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viii Messages to Young People Chapter 30—Living Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Do Not Depend on Feeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Be Not Discouraged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Contemplation of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Changing the Habits of Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Sanctification a Daily Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Make Religion a Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Sanctification, a Progressive Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Value of Trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Secret Place of Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Chapter 31—Union With Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Section 4—Walking in the Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Chapter 32—Growing in Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Growth Necessary to Steadfastness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Heart Examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Watch and Pray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Limitless Possibilities for Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Self-Surrender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Chapter 33—Conformity to the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 The Broad Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Preparation for Jesus’ Coming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 What Shall It Profit? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Chapter 34—Genuine Christian Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Saving Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 The First Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Opening the Way for God’s Blessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Chapter 35—Self-Discipline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Power of Self-Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Ruling the Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 No Excuse for Sinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Chapter 36—A Living Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Power of the Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Loyalty to Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Experimental Knowledge Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Christian Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Religion Not a Sentiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Chapter 37—Faithful in that which is Least . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 A Well-Balanced Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
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Contents ix Faithfulness in Everyday Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Chapter 38—Accountability for Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Chapter 39—Earnestness of Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Co-operation with God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Whole-hearted Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 The Value of Concentration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 The Highest Motive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Abiding Joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Chapter 40—Exercise of the Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Instability and Doubt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Strength Through Yielding the Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 God’s Will and Man’s Will United . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Special Effort Essential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Chapter 41—Divine Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Chapter 42—Silent Working of the Holy Spirit . . . . . . . . . . 142 Evidence of Divine Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Chapter 43—The Indwelling Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 His Response to Our Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Molded by His Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 The Pearl of Great Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Chapter 44—Self-Denial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Chapter 45—The Character that God Approves . . . . . . . . . 148 Persevering Effort Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Influence of Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Christ Our Only Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Chapter 46—Abiding Presence of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Section 5—Preparation for the Life Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Chapter 47—Christian Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Christ the Great Educator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Chapter 48—True Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 The Essential in Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 The Highest Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Chapter 49—The Need of Christian Education . . . . . . . . . . 158 Training for Higher Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 An All-Round Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Knowledge and Self-discipline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Meeting Expectations of Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Chapter 50—Education for Eternity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
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x Messages to Young People Chapter 51—A Practical Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Symmetrical Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Benefit of Useful Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Learn How to Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 In the Mission Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Chapter 52—Student Loyalty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Character and Deportment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Value of School Discipline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Chapter 53—Student Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Helping Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Thorough Mastery of Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Chapter 54—Training for Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Consecrate Ability to God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Preparation for Future Contingencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Balanced by Right Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Chapter 55—Aspiration for Improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Chapter 56—True Wisdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 The Bible and Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Taught of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Chapter 57—Set a High Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Maintain Personality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Whole-hearted Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Making the Most of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Section 6—Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Chapter 58—The Youth Called to Be Laborers . . . . . . . . . . 180 Work in Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Call for Volunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Chapter 59—Responsibility for Soul Winning . . . . . . . . . . 182 Chapter 60—Witnessing for Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Our Conversation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Winning Loved Ones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Earnestness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Chapter 61—Personal Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Chapter 62—Young People as Soul Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Solicitude for Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 A Work to Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Where to Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 The Most Successful Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
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Contents xi Chapter 63—Service in Different Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Gaining Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Chapter 64—Unselfish Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Chapter 65—The Reward of Diligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 The Blessing of Labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Helping in the Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 The Web of Destiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Chapter 66—The Dignity of Labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Manual Labor Versus Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Christ’s Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 The Lesson of Contented Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Chapter 67—Sowing Beside all Waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 The Gift of Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Medical Missionary Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Chapter 68—Many Lines of Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Each Has His Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 The Sabbath School Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Bible Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Canvassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Medical Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 The Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Foreign Mission Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Youthful Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Chapter 69—Acceptable Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Our Relation to Mistakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 The Highest Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Chapter 70—Faithfulness in Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Unfaithfulness Recorded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 True Motives in Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Section 7—Health and Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Chapter 71—The Science of Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Health and Self-Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Life a Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Chapter 72—Safeguarding the Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Chapter 73—Sacredness of Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Relation of Health to Character Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
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xii Messages to Young People Intemperance Degrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Self-Mastery a Duty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Chapter 74—A Balanced Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Chapter 75—Education Obtained at Expense of Health . . . 218 Chapter 76—The Insignia of Nobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Effect of Physical Habits on the Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Shaping Our Own Destiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Temperance Richly Rewarded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Religion and Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Section 8—The Devotional Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Chapter 77—Prayer Our Stronghold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 How to Pray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Prayer Brings Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Chapter 78—The Power of Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 In Touch with the Infinite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Every Sincere Prayer Answered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Chapter 79—Our Attitude in Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Chapter 80—Faith and Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Chapter 81—The Value of Bible Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 The Mediatorial Work of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Intellectual Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 The Highest Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 The Bible the Greatest Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Chapter 82—Search the Scriptures for Yourself . . . . . . . . . 234 Chapter 83—Persevering Effort in Bible Study . . . . . . . . . . 235 Open-Mindedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 The Knowledge of God’s Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Reverence in Bible Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Chapter 84—The Reward of Diligent Bible Study . . . . . . . 238 The Bible a Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Chapter 85—The Bible as an Educator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 The Voice of the Eternal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 True Philosophy of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Chapter 86—Reverence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Conduct in the House of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Trifling Regarding Religious Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Chapter 87—A Well-Grounded Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Section 9—Reading and Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
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Contents xiii Chapter 88—Choice of Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Influence of Unwholesome Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Enemies to Spirituality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 The Book of Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Chapter 89—Example of the Ephesians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 The Magic Books of Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Mind Unfitted for Solemn Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Misleading Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Breaking the Spell of Satan’s Sorcery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Chapter 90—Proper Mental Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Results of Reading Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Mental Inebriates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 The Remedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 First Steps in Sin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Chapter 91—The Bible the Most Interesting Book . . . . . . . 255 The Portrayal of Sin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Chapter 92—Guard Well the Avenues of the Soul . . . . . . . 257 The Chaff and the Wheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Chapter 93—Building Christian Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Selected Course of Reading Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Chapter 94—The Effect of Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Chapter 95—The Benefits of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Music a Precious Gift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Chapter 96—Uses of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 A Talent of Influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 In Tune with Heavenly Musicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 God Glorified by Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Chapter 97—A Wrong Use of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Music a Power for Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Section 10—Stewardship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Chapter 98—Lessons in Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Saving for Missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Self-Denial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Proper Use of Talents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 No Time to Lose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 The Reward of Sacrifice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Chapter 99—Spirit of Sacrifice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Signs of Grace in the Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
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xiv Messages to Young People Chapter 100—The Tithe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Recognition of God’s Ownership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Belongs to God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Chapter 101—“Honor the Lord With Thy Substance” . . . . 276 Treasures in Heaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Without Excuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 The Tithe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Chapter 102—Individual Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Value of Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Chapter 103—Holiday Presents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Evils of Self-Indulgence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Gifts to God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Chapter 104—Economy in Dress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Self-Denial Pleasing to God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 The Love of Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Puritan Plainness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Chapter 105—Self-Gratification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 A Species of Idolatry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 First Things First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Duty of Self-Denial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Repeated Taking of Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Chapter 106—Economy and Benevolence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Open Doors of Usefulness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Saving the Fragments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 Guide to Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 Section 11—The Home Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 Chapter 107—A Christian Household . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 Chapter 108—Faithfulness in Home Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Chapter 109—Home Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Unkind Speech in the Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 The Home an Object Lesson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Chapter 110—The Home a Training School . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Everyday Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 The Mother’s Reward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Possibilities of Home Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 Chapter 111—Respect and Love for Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 A Destiny in Obedience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Chapter 112—A Blessing in the Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
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Contents xv Obedience to Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Chapter 113—Building Character at Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Making Parents Happy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Strength for the Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Impatience at Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Individual Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Clothed with Christ’s Righteousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Chapter 114—Youth to Bear Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Making Home Happy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Chapter 115—The Hour of Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Chapter 116—Religious Hospitality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Section 12—Dress and Adornment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Chapter 117—Elements in Character Building . . . . . . . . . . 312 True Adornment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 Outward Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Witnessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 Religion Judged by Dress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 Chapter 118—Dress and Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Relation to Fashions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Chapter 119—Proper Dress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Economy in Dress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Quality and Taste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Health and Cleanliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Grace and Natural Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Chapter 120—Influence of Dress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Chapter 121—Simplicity in Dress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 A Snare to God’s People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Reformation Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 The Inward Adorning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Chapter 122—Idolatry of Dress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Chapter 123—True Adornment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Following the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Section 13—Recreation and Amusement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 Chapter 124—The Value of Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Christian Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Love of the Beautiful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 The Master Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Unfitted to Resist Temptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
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xvi Messages to Young People Chapter 125—The Love of Worldly Pleasure . . . . . . . . . . . 331 The Way of Wisdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Faithfulness in Little Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 Unsatisfied Longings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Opportunities for Witnessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Chapter 126—Words of Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Chapter 127—Dangerous Amusements for the Young . . . . 336 An Unfortunate Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 A Time of Trial Before the Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 Separation from the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 Promises to the Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 Chapter 128—Establishing Right Principles in the Youth . 341 Relaxation and Amusement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Provide Innocent Pleasures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Recreation in Missionary Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Chapter 129—Unholy Influences at Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Chapter 130—Joy in Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 The Example of Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Chapter 131—Christian Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Principles Contrasted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Chapter 132—Social Gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Lack of Spirituality Revealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Subtle Influences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 The Antidote for Frivolity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Acceptable Social Gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Chapter 133—How to Spend Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Christian Sources of Pleasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Chapter 134—Literary Societies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 Chapter 135—Dancing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 In the Path of Dissipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 The Danger of Amusements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 Guided by Principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 Section 14—Social Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 Chapter 136—Social to Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362 Association Influences Destiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 Chapter 137—Christian Sociability and Courtesy . . . . . . . . 364 Chapter 138—Guiding Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 The Prodigal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
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