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We Are Not to Glory in Men, August 13
The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
Therefore let no man glory in men.
1 Corinthians 3:20, 21
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We are living in an age of licentiousness, and men and youth are bold
in sin. Unless our youth are sacredly guarded, unless they are fortified
with firm principles, unless greater care is manifested in choosing their
associates and the literature which feeds the mind, they will be exposed to
a society whose morals are as corrupt as were the morals of the inhabitants
of Sodom.... Our youth will meet temptations on every hand, and they must
be so educated that they will depend upon higher power, higher teaching,
than can be given by mortals. There are despisers of our Lord everywhere,
who habitually throw contempt upon Christianity.... Those who have not
moral power cannot stand in defense of the truth; they have not courage to
say: “Unless such conversation ceases, I cannot remain in your presence.
Jesus, the world’s Redeemer is my Saviour; in Him is centered my hope
of eternal life.” But this is the very way in which to silence them. If you
argue with them, they will have arguments with which to meet you, and
nothing you may say will touch them; but if you live for Christ, if you are
firm in your allegiance to the God of heaven, you may do for them that
which argument will fail to do....
There is no sadder spectacle than that of those who have been pur-
chased by the blood of Christ, who have been intrusted with talents where-
with they may glorify God, turning to jest the messages graciously sent to
them in the gospel, denying the divinity of Christ, and trusting to their own
finite reasoning, and to arguments that have no foundation. When tested
with affliction, when brought face to face with death, all these fallacies
they have cherished will be melted away like frost before the sun.... The
Christian hope is as an anchor to the soul, both sure and steadfast
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The Signs of the Times , April 21, 1890
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