Call to the Youth
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The cause of God demands the highest powers of the being, and
there is urgent need in many fields for young men of literary qualifica-
tions. There is need of men who can be trusted to labor in extensive
fields that are now white to the harvest. Young men of ordinary ability,
who give themselves wholly to God, who are uncorrupted by vice and
impurity, will be successful, and will be enabled to do a great work for
God. Let young men heed the admonition, and be sober-minded.
How many youth have wasted their God-given strength in folly
and dissipation! How many painful histories rise before me of youth
who have become mere wrecks of humanity, mentally, morally, physi-
cally, because of indulgence in vicious habits! Their constitutions are
ruined, their life usefulness greatly impaired, because of indulgence in
unlawful pleasures.
I entreat of you, careless, reckless youth of today, be converted,
and become laborers together with God. Let it be the study of your
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life to bless and save others. If you seek help from God, His power
working in you will bring to naught all opposing powers, and you
will become sanctified through the truth. Sin is alarmingly prevalent
among the youth of today, but let it be your purpose to do what you
can to rescue souls from the power of Satan.
Be Light Bearers
Carry light wherever you go; show that you have strength of pur-
pose, that you are not a person of indecision, easily swayed by the
persuasions of evil associates. Do not yield a ready assent to the sug-
gestions of those who dishonor God, but rather seek to reform, reclaim,
and rescue souls from evil.
Resort to prayer, persuade in meekness and lowliness of spirit those
who oppose themselves. One soul saved from error, and brought under
the banner of Christ, will cause joy in heaven, and place a star in your
crown of rejoicing. A soul saved will, through his godly influence,
bring other souls to a knowledge of salvation, and thus the work will
multiply, and only the revealings of the day of judgment will make
manifest the extent of the work.
Do not hesitate to work for the Lord because you think you can
do but little. Do your little with fidelity; for God will work with your
efforts. He will write your name in the book of life as one worthy to