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Messages to Young People
And there is Another to be remembered. Do not disappoint Him who
so loved you that He gave His life to make it possible for you to be
co-laborers with God.
The Highest Motive
The desire to honor God should be to us the most powerful of all
motives. It should lead us to make every exertion to improve the privi-
leges and opportunities provided for us, that we may understand how
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to use wisely the Lord’s goods. It should lead us to keep brain, bone,
muscle, and nerve in the most healthful condition, that our physical
strength and mental clearness may make us faithful stewards. Selfish
interest, if given room to act, dwarfs the mind and hardens the heart;
if allowed to control, it destroys moral power. Then disappointment
comes....
True success is given to men and women by the God who gave
success to Daniel. He who read the heart of Daniel looked with
pleasure upon His servant’s purity of motive, his determination to
honor the Lord. Those who in their life fulfill God’s purpose must put
forth painstaking effort, applying themselves closely and earnestly to
the accomplishment of whatever He gives them to do.—
The Youth’s
Instructor, August 20, 1903
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Abiding Joy
And all the way up the steep road leading to eternal life are well-
springs of joy to refresh the weary. Those who walk in wisdom’s
ways are, even in tribulation, exceeding joyful; for He whom their soul
loveth walks, invisible, beside them. At each upward step they discern
more distinctly the touch of His hand; at every step brighter gleamings
of glory from the Unseen fall upon their path; and their songs of praise,
reaching ever a higher note, ascend to join the songs of angels before
the throne.—
Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, 140
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