07.02.2017 Views

Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

lifetime; every day you should be learning and<br />

putting to practical use the knowledge gained.<br />

You are rising in true dignity and moral worth<br />

as you practice virtue and cherish uprightness in<br />

heart and life. Let not your character be affected by<br />

a taint of the leprosy of selfishness. A noble soul,<br />

united with a cultivated intellect, will make you<br />

men whom God will use in positi<strong>on</strong>s of sacred<br />

trust.<br />

It should be the first work of all c<strong>on</strong>nected with<br />

this instituti<strong>on</strong> to be right before God themselves,<br />

and then to stand in the strength of Christ,<br />

unaffected by the wr<strong>on</strong>g influences to which they<br />

will be exposed. If they make the broad principles<br />

of the word of God the foundati<strong>on</strong> of the character,<br />

they may stand wherever the Lord in His<br />

providence may call them, surrounded by any<br />

deleterious influence, and yet not be swayed from<br />

the path of right.<br />

Cheerfulness<br />

653

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!