Chapter 32—Appeal to the Young
Dear Youth,
From time to time the Lord has given me testimonies of warning
for you. He has given you encouragement if you would yield your
hearts’ best and holiest affections to Him. As these warnings revive
distinctly before me, I feel a sense of your danger that I know you
do not feel. The school located in Battle Creek brings together many
young people of different mental organizations. If these youth are
not consecrated to God and obedient to His will, and do not walk
humbly in the way of His commandments, the location of a school in
Battle Creek will prove a means of great discouragement to the church.
This school may be made a blessing or a curse. I entreat you who
have named the name of Christ to depart from all iniquity and develop
characters that God can approve.
I inquire: Do you believe that the testimonies of reproof which
have been given you are of God? If you really believe that the voice of
God has spoken to you, pointing out your dangers, do you heed the
counsels given? Do you keep these testimonies of warning fresh in
your minds by reading them often with prayerful hearts? The Lord has
spoken to you, children and youth, again and again; but you have been
slow to heed the warnings given. If you have not rebelliously braced
your hearts against the views that God has given of your characters
and your dangers, and against the course marked out for you to pursue,
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some of you have been inattentive in regard to the things required
of you that you might gain spiritual strength and be a blessing in the
school, in the church, and to all with whom you associate.
Young men and women, you are accountable to God for the light
that He has given you. This light and these warnings, if not heeded,
will rise up in the judgment against you. Your dangers have been
plainly stated; you have been cautioned and guarded on every side,
hedged in with warnings. In the house of God you have listened to
the most solemn, heart-searching truths presented by the servants of
God in demonstration of the Spirit. What weight do these solemn
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