Chapter 55—Aspiration for Improvement
If each one realized his accountability to God for his personal in-
fluence, he would in no case be an idler, but would cultivate his ability
and train every power that he might serve Him who has purchased him
with His own blood.
The youth especially should feel that they must train their minds,
and take every opportunity to become intelligent, that they may render
acceptable service to Him who has given His precious life for them.
And let no one make the mistake of regarding himself as so well
educated as to have no more need of studying books or nature. Let
every one improve every opportunity with which in the providence
of God he is favored, to acquire all that is possible in revelation or
science.
We should learn to place the proper estimate on the powers that
God has given us. If a youth has to begin at the lowest round of the
ladder, he should not be discouraged, but be determined to climb round
after round until he shall hear the voice of Christ saying, “Child, come
up higher. Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been
faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter
thou into the joy of thy Lord.”—
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