Chapter 21—A Hospital Worker
Frivolous, Unwise Attention to Women—Angels of God are
watching the development of character. Angels of God are weigh-
ing moral worth. If you bestow your attentions upon those who have
no need, you are doing the recipients harm, and you will receive con-
demnation rather than reward. Remember that, when by your trifling
conversation you descend to the level of frivolous characters, you are
encouraging them in the path that leads to perdition. Your unwise
attentions may prove the ruin of their souls. You degrade their con-
ceptions of what constitutes Christian life and character. You confuse
their ideas, and make impressions that can never be effaced.
The harm thus done to souls that need to be strengthened, refined,
ennobled, is often a sin unto death. They cannot associate these men
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with the sacred positions they occupy. The ministers, the officers of
the church, are all regarded as no better than themselves. Then where
is their example?
God’s Pure Standard—God calls upon all who claim to be Chris-
tians to elevate the standard of righteousness, and to purify themselves
even as He is pure....
The question is, Shall we be Bible Christians? Will we disregard
the plainest instruction given us in the Word of Life, and erect a false
standard whereby to measure our character? Is this a safe thing for us
to do? When you yield to the temptations of the enemy, and do the
very opposite of that which God has instructed you to do, and then
excuse yourselves, saying that you meant no harm, that you have done
no moral wrong, what can be your standard of piety and holiness?
Christ has given us the signs whereby we may distinguish the genuine
Christian; no one need be deceived by the pretentious claims of the
hypocrite.
No Excuse for Flirting—There is no excuse for indulging a love-
sick sentimentalism; no excuse for this trifling, flirting of married men
with young girls, or married men with widows. Let men professing
godliness heed the apostle’s admonition, “Dearly beloved, I beseech
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