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Remember Your Creator in Your Youth, June 1
Christians Are Truly Happy
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil
days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I
have no pleasure in them.
Ecclesiastes 12:1
I wish I could portray the beauty of the Christian life. Beginning
in the morning of life, controlled by the laws of nature and of God, the
Christian moves steadily onward and upward, daily drawing nearer his
heavenly home, where await for him a crown of life, and a new name,
“which no man knoweth saving him that receiveth it.” Constantly he
grows in happiness, in holiness, in usefulness. The progress of each year
exceeds that of the past year.
God has given the youth a ladder to climb, a ladder that reaches from
earth to heaven. Above this ladder is God, and on every round fall the
bright beams of his glory. He is watching those who are climbing, ready,
when the grasp relaxes and the steps falter, to send help. Yes, tell it in
words full of cheer, that no one who perseveringly climbs the ladder will
fail of gaining an entrance into the heavenly city.
Angels of God, that ascend and descend the ladder that Jacob saw in
vision, will help every soul who will to climb even to the highest heaven.
They are guarding the people of God and watching how every step is
taken. Those who climb the shining way will be rewarded; they will
enter into the joy of their Lord.
Early piety ensures to its possessor the full enjoyment of all that
makes life happy.... Those who wait until the span of life is almost ended
before they seek God, lose a life of pure, elevated happiness—happiness
that never comes in pursuit of the pleasures that this life affords. Those
who have been long acquainted with God, who from their youth have
drawn their happiness from the pure fountain of heaven, are prepared to
enter the family of God.
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