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these are the means God uses to fasten conviction on the hearts and
consciences of unbelievers.
My brethren, in the providence of God young men who have not
accepted Christ as their Saviour have been brought into association,
in business lines, with you. You have had years of experience in
the truth. You have children of your own. You ought to know how
to deal with these young men in a way that will draw them nearer
to the Saviour. And yet, as the matter has been presented to me
by the Lord, you have made little effort to win them, little effort
to show love and respect for them. If converted, these young men
could be used by the Lord in His work. But who of you who are so
much older, so much more experienced, have carried on your hearts
the burden of their salvation? Christ died to save them. Have you
revealed for them a Christlike tenderness? Do you talk with them
as if you thought them worth saving, or do you repulse them? Have
you given them evidence that you have a loving, tender interest in
them, or have you, by your attitude toward them, shown that you
regarded them as beneath your notice?
God holds the managers of His institutions accountable to treat
the youth in the employ of these institutions with courtesy, respect,
and fatherly kindness. They are to deal with them as they themselves
wish to be dealt with by Christ. Our first work, as the Lord has
presented it to me, is to be so kind to the youth, so thoughtful of
their interests, that they will feel at home in our presence.
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Have you tried to be unselfish, to be kindly, to make your words
and actions fragrant? Can those in your charge look up to you as true
Christians? You are fathers. Will you ask yourselves if you would
be willing to have your children treated as you have treated some of
the youth in your charge? From the light given me, I know that there
are some bearing responsibilities here who, unless converted, will
never see the kingdom of heaven. It pains me to know that in the life
practice they are not revealing wisdom, faith, and love for perishing
souls. The treatment that some youth have received has given them
hardly a ray of warm, genial friendship. They need an experience
altogether different from the experience they are receiving in their
association with men who ought to know God.