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“For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile. And let him avoid evil, and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it; because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears towards their supplications”. Now this is something the young people ought to pay attention to, as if God were saying, It is quite right to wish to live if you are a young person and have aspirations, but this is the way to get to it—showing according to Peter’s way that you get certain things by other certain things. This is something to encourage young people. If you want to live and to have a wife and family and all that, well, God says, that is quite in order, but then there is a way to it to please Me; and that is as applying yourself, not to getting money, but to living according to these traits mentioned here; and then life and good days will come, which is very encouraging, especially to young people.

J. Taylor (Vol. 72, p.53)

Your home is day drill. If you are not up to day drill, how can you expect to go through your evolutions on a field day? “Prepare thy work ... and make it fit for thyself in the fields”, Proverbs 24: 27 (A.V.). There is a tone and a ring about one who has controlled himself at home, which must tell on others when he is abroad. If I have practised restraint where I am free to do as I like, I can submit to it with ease and truthfulness when it is required of me ... You must be a soldier of the line, on the parade ground every morning. Habit is second nature, and when you are well up to drill at home you will be ready for all that is required of you in open battle.

J. B. Stoney (Vol. 12, p.461)

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