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changed, not from good to a greater good, but from defective to a
still more defective character. They will take up with the ways and
manners of the open sinner. They will join the evildoers in magnifying
every evil report, and in time will lose all love of refinement of speech
or manners. Their fear of God and love of righteousness becomes
mingled with a kind of religious fever, which is not acceptable in the
sight of God.—
Manuscript 177, 1899
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More Lost Than Saved—It is dangerous to set young men and
young women at work among the abandoned classes. They are placed
where they come in contact with every form of impurity, and Satan uses
this opportunity to compass their ruin. Thus far more is lost than these
workers save. Many of the efforts made for the abandoned result in the
loss of the purity of the workers. Those who are engaged in visiting
the houses of prostitution place themselves in terrible temptation. This
work is always dangerous. It is a scheme of the devil to lead souls into
temptation and lustful practices. “Come out from among them, and be
ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will
receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be My sons
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and daughters.”
The farther young men and young women keep away from the
corrupted and corrupting elements in this world, the better and safer
will be their future experience. Medical missionary workers should be
cleansed, refined, purified, and elevated. They should stand upon the
platform of eternal truth. But I have been instructed that the truth has
not been made to appear in its true bearing. The result that is worked
out tends to corrupt minds; the sacred is not distinguished from the
common.—
Letter 162, 1900
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Guard the Work Sacredly—Many things have been presented
to me. I was shown that there is a work to be done for the most
depraved class, but that this matter must be most carefully guarded,
so that the labor put forth shall not be in vain. Young men and young
women should not be exposed, as many have been, in meeting the
abandoned classes. Decided restraints are to be made, for there are
positive dangers to be met. There is need of sacredly guarding the
work. In the work for the lower class the strongest precautions should
be observed. There are many who should not go into the large cities to
work for the most depraved.—
Manuscript 17, 1901
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