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Messages to Young People
Jesus will be the helper of all who put their trust in Him. Those
who are connected with Christ have happiness at their command. They
follow the path where their Saviour leads, for His sake crucifying the
flesh, with its affections and lusts. They have built their hopes on
Christ, and the storms of earth are powerless to sweep them from the
sure foundation.
Trustworthy and Faithful
It rests with you, young men and women, to decide whether you
will become trustworthy and faithful, ready and resolute to take your
stand for the right under all circumstances. Do you desire to form
correct habits? Then seek the company of those who are sound in
morals, and whose aim tends to that which is good. The precious
hours of probation are granted that you may remove every defect from
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your character, and this you should seek to do, not only that you may
obtain the future life, but that you may be useful in this life. A good
character is a capital of more value than gold or silver. It is unaffected
by panics or failures, and in that day when earthly possessions shall
be swept away it will bring rich returns. Integrity, firmness, and
perseverance are qualities that all should seek earnestly to cultivate;
for they clothe the possessor with a power which is irresistible,—a
power which makes him strong to do good, strong to resist evil, strong
to bear adversity.
The love of truth, and a sense of the responsibility to glorify God,
are the most powerful of all incentives to the improvement of the
intellect. With this impulse to action the student cannot be a trifler.
He will be always in earnest. He will study as under the eye of God,
knowing that all heaven is enlisted in the work of his education. He will
become noble-minded, generous, kind, courteous, Christlike, efficient.
Heart and mind will work in harmony with the will of God.—
Counsels
to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 220-226
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