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Helping the Tempted
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sistent effort they may be uplifted. Such need tender words, kind
consideration, tangible help. They need that kind of counsel which
will not extinguish the faint gleam of courage in the soul. Let the
workers who come in contact with them consider this.
Some will be found whose minds have been so long debased
that they will never in this life become what under more favorable
circumstances they might have been. But the bright beams of the
Sun of Righteousness may shine into the soul. It is their privilege
to have the life that measures with the life of God. Plant in their
minds uplifting, ennobling thoughts. Let your life make plain to
them the difference between vice and purity, darkness and light. In
your example let them read what it means to be a Christian. Christ
is able to uplift the most sinful and place them where they will
be acknowledged as children of God, joint heirs with Christ to the
immortal inheritance.
By the miracle of divine grace, many may be fitted for lives
of usefulness. Despised and forsaken, they have become utterly
discouraged; they may appear stoical and stolid. But under the min-
istration of the Holy Spirit, the stupidity that makes their uplifting
appear so hopeless will pass away. The dull, clouded mind will
awake. The slave of sin will be set free. Vice will disappear, and
ignorance will be overcome. Through the faith that works by love,
the heart will be purified and the mind enlightened.
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