Science of Living
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Life a Trust
The young should be shown that they are not at liberty to do
as they please with their lives. Now is their day of trust, and by
and by will come their day of reckoning. God will not hold them
guiltless for treating lightly His precious gifts; the world’s Redeemer
has paid an infinite price for them, and their lives and talents belong
to Him; and they will finally be judged according to the faithful or
unfaithful stewardship of the capital which God has intrusted to their
care. They should be taught that the greater their endowment of means
and opportunities the more heavily does the responsibility of God’s
work rest upon them, and the more are they required to do. If the
youth are thus brought up to feel their responsibility to the Creator,
and the important trust given them in their own lives, they will hesitate
to plunge into the vortex of dissipation and crime that swallows up
so many of the promising young men of our age.—
The Review and
Herald, December 13, 1881
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