Associate With Those Who Love God
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. Psalm 119:63. Between the associations of the followers of Christ for Christian recreation and worldly gatherings for pleasure and amusement, will exist a marked contrast. Instead of prayer and the mentioning of Christ and sacred things, will be […]
Walk Not in the Way With Sinners
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not…. My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path. Proverbs 1:10-15. Amusements are doing more to counteract the working of the Holy Spirit than anything else, and the Lord is grieved.88Messages to Young People, 371. Those who are artificial […]
Walk in the Way of Good Men
Walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. Proverbs 2:20. There are modes of recreation which are highly beneficial to both mind and body. An enlightened, discriminating mind will find abundant means for entertainment and diversion, from sources not only innocent, but instructive. Recreation in the open air, the […]
God Gives Us the Good
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy. Ecclesiastes 2:26. Youth cannot be made as sedate and grave as old age, the child as sober as the sire. While sinful amusements are condemned, … provide in their stead innocent pleasures, which will not taint or corrupt […]
No One Lives to Himself
For none of us liveth to himself. Romans 14:7. The young generally conduct themselves as though the precious hours of probation, while mercy lingers, were one grand holiday, and they were placed in this world merely for their own amusement, to be gratified with a continual round of excitement. Satan has been making special efforts […]
Recreation Refreshes and Invigorates
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11. It is the privilege and duty of Christians to seek to refresh their spirits and invigorate their bodies by innocent recreation, with the purpose of using their physical and […]
