Teach the Source of True Happiness
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6. By their neglect to exercise proper restraint, many parents are creating great unhappiness for their children. The youth who are left to constantly seek for pleasure in amusement or selfish gratification are […]
The Home Training Ground
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. Psalm 119:35. Men have taught that God’s law has been done away. Were this the case we would have no standard of character, and would have nothing to show us God’s righteous claims. We should be adrift upon an ocean […]
Make Your Mark in the World
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12. The period of childhood and youth—how much is bound up in these years of probation! God desires that you shall improve this time, dear youth, by […]
Graces Increased by Exercise
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. Titus 2:7, 8. A healthy, growing Christian will not be a passive recipient among […]
A Friend to the Friendless
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel. Proverbs 27:9. We should have the love of Christ in the heart to such a degree that our interest in others will be impartial and sincere. Our affections should take a wide range, and not center simply upon […]
You Must Choose Your Company
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. 2 Corinthians 6:17. The true Christian will not choose the company of the unconverted. If Christ is formed within, the hope of glory, we cannot enjoy the malarious spiritual atmosphere which […]
