Basic HTML Version
Discretion, June 28
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee.
Proverbs 2:11
.
By your choice words and a consistent course of action, by your
propriety, your earnest piety, make a telling confession of your faith,
determined that Christ shall occupy the throne in the soul temple; and lay
your talents without reserve at His feet to be employed in His service....
Make it the law of your life from which no temptation or side interest shall
cause you to turn, to honor God
In this fast age, reeking with corruption, you are not safe unless you
stand guarded. Virtue and modesty are rare. I appeal to you as followers
of Christ, making an exalted profession, to cherish the precious, priceless
gem of modesty. This will guard virtue
Holiness of heart will never lead to impure actions.... The truth of
heavenly origin never degrades the receiver ...; on the contrary, it sanctifies
the believer, refines his taste, elevates and ennobles him, and brings him
into a close connection with Jesus. It leads him to regard the apostle Paul’s
injunction to abstain from even the appearance of evil, lest his “good
should be evil spoken of.”
This is a subject to which we must give heed. We must guard against
the sins of this degenerate age. We must stand aloof from everything that
savors of undue familiarity. God condemns it. It is forbidden ground, upon
which it is unsafe to set the feet. Every word and action should tend to
elevate, refine, and ennoble the character
My good name is capital of far more value to me than gold or silver.
Let me preserve it untarnished. If men assail that name, it shall not be
because I have given them occasion to do so, but for the same reason that
they spoke of evil of Christ,—because they hated the purity and holiness
of His character; for it was a constant rebuke to them
[187]
91
The Youth’s Instructor, February 2, 1893
.
92
Child Guidance, 417
.
93
Testimonies for the Church 5:593, 594
.
94
Testimonies for the Church 5:595
.
191