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Section 8—Counsels and Cautions
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glory of God. The heart should have only pure, sanctioned affection,
worthy of the followers of Jesus Christ, exalting in its nature, and
more heavenly than earthy. Anything different from this is debasing,
degrading in courtship; and marriage cannot be holy and honorable
in the sight of a pure and holy God unless it is after the exalted
Scriptural principle.
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Necessary Precautions
These precautions may be regarded as unnecessary. But those
who will plead for greater liberty are not worthy to be connected
with these institutions. Mild license is termed liberty and freedom,
but those who are professedly sons and daughters of God should
elevate the standard, and have no fellowship with the unruly who
would have rules and regulations made to meet the cases of the
disobedient.
The sanitarium, unless hedged about with vigilant rules and
regulations, would soon become a hotbed of iniquity. There are
those who would entrap and mislead souls; they have a spirit to
revile, instead of showing respect for those who carry the burden and
seek to keep up the standard. The fewer of such persons employed,
the safer and purer will be the moral atmosphere of the sanitarium.
There always will be persons who will find entrance to such an
institution, whose influence will be for evil. They are of that class
who are continually putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.
There are professed Christians who will warp the conscience and
becloud the mind, under the pretense of godliness; and those who
do not see nor sense the danger are already the dupes or victims of
Satan....
Instruction Regarding Association
It is not a time when marriage should be regarded in the light of
felicity. It is uncertain business. More misery than happiness is the
result; and yet marrying and giving in marriage is as it was in the
days of Noah.
There seems to be no restraint; but passion and impulse have
controlling power, and youth seems to be bewitched with lovesick