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man: “I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the
man void of understanding; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,
and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof
was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon
it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little
folding of the hands to sleep: so shall thy poverty come as one that
traveleth; and thy want as an armed man.”
Those who make any pretensions to godliness should adorn the
doctrine they profess and not give occasion for the truth to be reviled
through their inconsiderate course of action. “Owe no man anything,”
says the apostle. You ought now, my brother, to take hold earnestly to
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correct your habits of indolence, redeeming the time. Let the world
see that the truth has wrought a reformation in your life.
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