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and soul are needed. These things are too lightly regarded; therefore
our people should become acquainted with what I am saying.
I do not think I shall have more Testimonies for our people. Our
men of solid minds know what is good for the uplifting and upbuilding
of the work. But with the love of God in their hearts, they need to
go deeper and deeper into the study of the things of God. I am very
anxious that our young people shall have the proper class of reading;
then the old people will get it also. We must keep our eyes on the
religious attraction of the truth. We are to keep mind and brain open
to the truths of God’s word. Satan comes when men are unaware. We
are not to be satisfied because the message of warning has been once
presented. We must present it again and again.
We could begin a course of reading so intensely interesting that
it would attract and influence many minds. If I am spared for further
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labor, I should gladly help to prepare books for the young.
There is a work to be done for the young by which their minds
will be impressed and molded by the sanctifying truth of God. It is
my sincere wish for our young people that they find the true mean-
ing of justification by faith, and the perfection of character that will
prepare them for eternal life. I do not expect to live long, and I leave
this message for the young, that the aim which they make shall not
miscarry.
I exhort my brethren to encourage the young ever to keep the pre-
ciousness and grace of God highly exalted. Work and pray constantly
for a sense of the preciousness of true religion. Bring in the blessed-
ness and the attractiveness of holiness and the grace of God. I have
felt a burden regarding this because I know it is neglected.
I have no assurance that my life will last long, but I feel that I am
accepted of the Lord. He knows how much I have suffered as I have
witnessed the low standards of living adopted by so-called Christians.
I have felt that it was imperative that the truth should be seen in my
life, and that my testimony should go to the people. I want that you
should do all you can to have my writings placed in the hands of the
people in foreign lands.
Tell the young that they have had many spiritual advantages. God
wants them to make earnest efforts to get the truth before the peo-
ple. I am impressed that it is my special duty to say these things.—
Fundamentals of Christian Education, 547-549
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