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the truth and who refuse to be controlled by the principles of God’s
word, how important that the class professing to be followers of Christ,
closely allied to God and angels, should show them a better and nobler
way! How important that by their chastity and virtue they stand in
marked contrast to that class who are controlled by brute passions!
I have inquired, When will the youthful sisters act with propriety?
I know there will be no decided change for the better until parents
feel the importance of greater carefulness in educating their children
correctly. Teach them to act with reserve and modesty. Educate them
for usefulness, to be helps, to minister to others rather than to be waited
upon and be ministered to.
Satan controls the minds of the youth in general. Your daughters
are not taught self-denial and self-control. They are petted and their
pride is fostered. They are allowed to have their own way, until they
become head-strong and self-willed, and you are put to your wit’s
end to know what course to pursue to save them from ruin. Satan is
leading them on to be a proverb in the mouth of unbelievers, because
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of their boldness, their lack of reserve and womanly modesty. The
young boys are likewise left to have their own way. They have scarcely
entered their teens before they are by the side of little girls of their
own age, accompanying them home and making love to them. And the
parents are so completely in bondage through their own indulgence
and mistaken love for their children that they dare not pursue a decided
course to make a change and restrain their too-fast children in this fast
age.
With many young ladies the boys are the theme of conversations;
with the young men, it is the girls. “Out of the abundance of the heart
the mouth speaketh.”
Matthew 12:34
. They talk of those subjects upon
which their minds mostly run. The recording angel is writing the
words of these professed Christian boys and girls. How will they be
confused and ashamed when they meet them again in the day of God!
Many children are pious hypocrites. The youth who have not made
a profession of religion stumble over these hypocritical ones, and are
hardened against any effort that may be made by those interested in
their salvation.