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Messages to Young People
enter into the joy of the Lord. Let us earnestly entreat the Lord that
laborers may be raised up, for the fields are white to the harvest; the
harvest is great, and the laborers are few....
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Cherished Broad Ideas
Young men should have broad ideas, wise plans, that they may
make the most of their opportunities, catch the inspiration and courage
that animated the apostles. John says, “I have written unto you, young
men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and
ye have overcome the wicked one.” An elevated standard is presented
before the youth, and God is inviting them to come into real service
for Him. True-hearted young men who delight to be learners in the
school of Christ, can do a great work for the Master, if they will only
give heed to the command of the Captain as it sounds down along the
lines to our time, “Quit you like men, be strong.”
You are to be men who will walk humbly with God, who will stand
before Him in your God-given manhood, free from impurity, free from
all contamination from the sensuality that is corrupting this age. You
must be men who will despise all falsity and wickedness, who will
dare to be true and brave, holding aloft the blood-stained banner of
Prince Emmanuel. Your talents will increase as you use them for the
Master, and they will be esteemed precious by Him who has bought
them with an infinite price. Do not sit down and neglect to do anything,
simply because you cannot do some great thing, but do whatever your
hands find to do, with thoroughness and energy.... .
The Call to Enlist
Christ is calling for volunteers to enlist under His standard, and
bear the banner of the cross before the world. The church is languishing
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for the help of young men who will bear a courageous testimony, who
will with their ardent zeal stir up the sluggish energies of God’s people,
and so increase the power of the church in the world. Young men
are wanted who will resist the tide of worldliness, and lift a voice of
warning against taking the first steps in immorality and vice.
But first the young men who would serve God, and give themselves
to His work, must cleanse the soul temple of all impurity, and enthrone