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Messages to Young People
truth which we profess unsavory. The work of educating the mind and
manners may be carried forward to perfection. If those who profess
the truth do not now improve their privileges and opportunities to grow
up to the full stature of men and women in Christ Jesus, they will be
no honor to the cause of truth, no honor to Christ.—
Testimonies for
the Church 4:358, 359
.
Choice of Companions
The youth who are in harmony with Christ will choose companions
who will help them in right doing, and will shun society that gives no
aid in the development of right principles and noble purposes. In every
place are to be found youth whose minds are cast in an inferior mould.
When brought into association with this class, those who have placed
themselves without reserve on the side of Christ will stand firmly by
that which reason and conscience tell them is right.—
Counsels to
Parents, Teachers, and Students, 226
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