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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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taken in this age of corrupti<strong>on</strong> should be no<br />

criteri<strong>on</strong> for Christ’s followers. These fashi<strong>on</strong>able<br />

exhibiti<strong>on</strong>s of familiarity should not exist am<strong>on</strong>g<br />

Christians fitting for immortality. If lasciviousness,<br />

polluti<strong>on</strong>, adultery, crime, and murder are the order<br />

of the day am<strong>on</strong>g those who know not the truth and<br />

who refuse to be c<strong>on</strong>trolled by the principles of<br />

God’s word, how important that the class<br />

professing to be followers of Christ, closely allied<br />

to God and angels, should show them a better and<br />

nobler way! How important that by their chastity<br />

and virtue they stand in marked c<strong>on</strong>trast to that<br />

class who are c<strong>on</strong>trolled by brute passi<strong>on</strong>s!<br />

I have inquired, When will the youthful sisters<br />

act with propriety? I know there will be no decided<br />

change for the better until parents feel the<br />

importance of greater carefulness in educating their<br />

children correctly. Teach them to act with reserve<br />

and modesty. Educate them for usefulness, to be<br />

helps, to minister to others rather than to be waited<br />

up<strong>on</strong> and be ministered to.<br />

Satan c<strong>on</strong>trols the minds of the youth in<br />

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