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Messages to Young People
which the Lord has done in giving His only-begotten Son to die for the
world, “that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.
Loyalty to Christ
Those who stand under the blood-stained banner of Prince Im-
manuel should be faithful soldiers in Christ’s army. They should never
be disloyal, never be untrue. Many of the young will volunteer to
stand with Jesus, the Prince of life. But if they would continue to stand
with Him they must constantly look unto Jesus, their Captain, for His
orders. They cannot be soldiers of Christ, and yet engage with the
confederacy of Satan, and help on his side, for then they would be
enemies of Christ. They would betray sacred trusts. They would form
a link between Satan and the true soldiers, so that through these living
agencies the enemy would be constantly working to steal away the
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hearts of Christ’s soldiers.
I ask you, dear youth, who profess to be soldiers of Jesus Christ,
what battles have you fought? What have been your engagements?
When the word of God has plainly revealed your work, have you
refused to do it because it did not suit your inclination? Has the
attraction of the world allured you from the service of Christ? Satan is
employed in devising specious allurements; and by transgression in
what seem little matters he draws you away from Jesus. Then larger
attractions are presented to seduce you fully from God.
You may have your name upon the church books and claim to be
a child of God, yet your example, your influence, misrepresents the
character of Christ, and you lead others away from Him. There is no
happiness, no peace or joy, to a professed believer whose whole soul is
not enlisted in the work the Lord has given him to do. He is constantly
bringing the world into the church, not by repentance and confession
and surrender to God, but by surrendering more and more to the world,
and engaging on Satan’s side in the battle rather than on Christ’s side.
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I would appeal to the youth to cut the finest thread which binds
you in practice and in spirit with the world. “Come out from among