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Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

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and your course with abhorrence. You can become<br />

a partaker of <strong>the</strong> divine nature if you will escape<br />

<strong>the</strong> corruption that is in <strong>the</strong> world through lust; or<br />

by being a partaker of it, you may sink down in this<br />

corruption and bear <strong>the</strong> impress of <strong>the</strong> satanic.<br />

You have younger sisters whom you can bless<br />

with your influence. You can reflect a sweet,<br />

precious light in your fa<strong>the</strong>r's family and make his<br />

heart glad; or you can be a dark shadow, a cloud, a<br />

storm which shall desolate. Your passion <strong>for</strong><br />

reading is of such a character that if indulged it will<br />

pervert <strong>the</strong> imagination and will prove your ruin.<br />

Unless you restrain your thoughts, your reading,<br />

and your words, your imagination will become<br />

hopelessly diseased. Read your Bible attentively,<br />

prayerfully, and be guided by its teachings. This is<br />

your safety.<br />

Keep clear of <strong>the</strong> boys. In <strong>the</strong>ir society your<br />

temptations become earnest and powerful. Put<br />

marriage out of your girl's head. You are in no<br />

sense fit <strong>for</strong> this. You need years of experience<br />

be<strong>for</strong>e you can be qualified to understand <strong>the</strong><br />

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