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Messages to Young People
Christ calls upon those who claim to be following Him to put on the
whole armor of God.
Our educational institutions need to feel the reforming power of
the Spirit of God. “If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be
salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be
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trodden under foot of men.” Those who are engaged as teachers in our
schools and sanitariums should reach a high standard of consecration.
And the students in these institutions, who are fitting themselves to go
forth as missionaries, should learn to practice self-denial.
We are God’s stewards, and “it is required in stewards, that a man
be found faithful.” The money that God has intrusted to us is to be
carefully husbanded. We are to increase in efficiency by putting to the
best use the talents given us, that at God’s coming we may return to
Him His own with usury.—
The Review and Herald, June 13, 1907
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Repeated Taking of Pictures
The youth have their hearts filled with the love of self. This is
manifested in their desire to see their faces daguerreotyped by the
artist; and they are not satisfied with being once represented, but sit
again and again for their picture, each time hoping that the last will
excel all their previous efforts, and appear really more beautiful than
the original. Their Lord’s money is squandered in this way, and what
is gained?—
Testimonies for the Church 1:500
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