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Testimonies for the Church Volume 4
You are just starting out in life; you have arrived at an age to bear
responsibilities for yourself. This is a critical period in your life. Now,
in your youth, you are sowing in the field of life. That which you sow
you will also reap; as was the seed, so will be the harvest. If you are
neglectful and indifferent concerning eternal things you will sustain
a great loss yourself and, through your influence, will prevent others
from fulfilling their obligations to God.
Both worlds are before you. Which will you choose? Be wise
and lay hold of eternal life. Swerve not from your integrity, however
unpleasant your duties may appear in the present emergency. It may
seem that you are about to make great sacrifices to preserve your purity
of soul, but do not hesitate; press forward in the fear of God, and He
will bless your efforts and recompense you a thousandfold. Do not
yield your religious claims and privileges in order to gratify the wishes
of your unconsecrated friends and relatives. You are called to take
your position for the truth, even if it should be in direct opposition to
those who are closely connected with you. God forbid that this last
trial should ever come to you, to test and prove your integrity for the
right.
Lay the foundation of your Christian character upon the eternal
Rock of salvation, and let the structure be firm and sound.
We hope that your mother will aid you and your brothers and sisters
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in your efforts to perfect true characters after the pattern of Christ,
that you may have a moral fitness for the society of holy angels in the
kingdom of glory.
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