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Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene
the laws of nature, are readily accepted by them. By eagerly beholding
these fashions, they become changed to the likeness of what they so
much admire. Thus they hasten to adopt the world’s standard, where
pride and fashion complete in them the transformation which Satan
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delights to see accomplished, and they become unstable as water. The
steadfast, silent working of true piety loses its vitality and consistency;
“faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.” [
James 2:17
.]
There is a dress which every child and youth may innocently seek
to obtain. It is the righteousness of the saints. If they will only be as
willing and persevering in obtaining this as they are in fashioning their
garments after the standard of worldly society, they will very soon be
clothed with the righteousness of Christ, and their names will not be
blotted out of the book of life. Mothers, as well as youth and children,
need to pray, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right
spirit within me.” [
Psalm 51:10
.] This purity of heart and loveliness of
spirit are more precious than gold, both for time and for eternity. Only
the pure in heart shall see God.
Then, mothers, teach your children, line upon line and precept
upon precept, that the righteousness of Christ is the only dress in
which they can be admitted into heaven, and that robed in this apparel
they will be constantly doing duties in this life which will glorify God.
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