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Child Guidance
Impure thoughts have control of the imagination, and temptation is
almost irresistible. If the mind were accustomed to contemplate elevat-
ing subjects, the imagination trained to behold pure and holy things,
it would be fortified against temptation. It would linger upon the
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heavenly, the pure, the sacred, and could not be attracted to the base,
corrupt, and vile
Become Intelligent on These Things—Indulgence of the baser
passions will lead very many to shut their eyes to the light, for they
fear that they will see sins which they are unwilling to forsake. All
may see if they will. If they choose darkness rather than light, their
criminality will be none the less. Why do not men and women read
and become intelligent upon these things, which so decidedly affect
their physical, intellectual, and moral strength? God has given you a
habitation to care for and preserve in the best condition for His service
and glory. Your bodies are not your own. “What! know ye not that
your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which
ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a
price; therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which
are God’s.” “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the
Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God,
him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye
are.
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Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 135
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Testimonies For The Church 2:352, 353
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