Thoughts For Young Men by J.C. Ryle

your friend. There is a real satisfaction in knowing that however
your unworthiness, you are complete in Christ, that you have an
enduring portion, that you have chosen that good part which shall
not be taken from you.
The backslider in heart may well be content with his own ways, but
"the good man [will be] rewarded for his" (Proverbs 14:14). The path of
the worldly man grows darker and darker every year that he lives;
the path of the Christian is like a shining light, brighter and brighter
to the very end. His sun is just rising when the sun of the worldly is
setting forever; his best things are all beginning to blossom and
bloom forever, when those of the worldly are all slipping out of his
hands, and passing away.
Young men, these things are true. Listen to the word of exhortation.
Be persuaded. Take up the cross. Follow Christ. Yield yourselves to
God.
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