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3721 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 14.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Edson was the second of Ellen White's four sons. Because of her extensive travel and other responsibilities throughout her busy life, she had to be away from …
3722 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 16.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… :4, 5; Jeremiah 3:14. In the “Song of Songs” we hear the bride's voice saying, “My Beloved is mine, and I am His.” And He who is to her “the chiefest among ten thousand,” speaks …
3723 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 21.5 (Ellen Gould White)
I told her she should consider the object of a marriage with you, whether by such a step you could both glorify God; whether you would be more spiritual; and whether …
3724 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 22.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Especially in your marriage relations, be careful to get one who will stand shoulder to shoulder with you in spiritual growth.
3725 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 26.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Keep in mind the value of the soul, and remember that it is your privilege and your duty to be in every possible way a laborer together with God. You are not to …
3726 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 33.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Like some epidemic, or contagion, that must run its course, is the infatuation that possesses them; and there seems to be no such thing as putting a stop to it …
3727 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 36.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Remember that impulsive love is perfectly blind. It will as soon be placed on unworthy objects as worthy. Command such love to stand still and cool. Give place …
3728 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 41.5 (Ellen Gould White)
You are in danger of giving up Christ, of becoming reckless and unwilling to listen to wise counsel. The counsel of parental affection is lost upon deaf ears …
3729 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 47.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Now, my brother, my advice is for you to give your mind and affections to God and lay yourself on the altar of God.
3730 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 48.5 (Ellen Gould White)
There are so many unhappy marriages. Can we be surprised that parents are cautious and want to guard their children from any connection which may not be wise and best?
3731 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 51 (Ellen Gould White)
Section 5—In Control
3732 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 53.5 (Ellen Gould White)
God has claims upon you. He has blessed you with life and with health and with capabilities and reasoning powers that you may, if you will improve, or you may …
3733 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 54.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Do not be led away from your Redeemer by an irreligious young man, a scorner of sacred things. Sever the intimacy existing between you at once. Do not follow …
3734 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 57.5 (Ellen Gould White)
If you indulge in vain imaginations, permitting your mind to dwell upon impure thoughts, you are, in a degree, as guilty before God as if your thoughts were carried into action. All that prevents the action is the lack of opportunity.
3735 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 58.5 (Ellen Gould White)
You may become a prudent, modest, virtuous girl, but not without earnest effort. You must watch, you must pray, you must meditate, you must investigate your motives …
3736 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 60.5 (Ellen Gould White)
This is an age when corruption is teeming everywhere. The lust of the eye and corrupt passions are aroused by beholding and by reading. The heart is corrupted …
3737 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 63.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Do not see how close you can walk upon the brink of a precipice, and be safe. Avoid the first approach to danger. The soul's interests cannot be trifled with. Your …
3738 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 66.5 (Ellen Gould White)
You have pursued your own course irrespective of consequences. Your heart has rebelled against your mother because she could not in any way receive Carol or sanction the attention you gave her.
3739 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 68.5 (Ellen Gould White)
It is always a critical period in a young man's life when he is separated from home influences and wise counsels and enters upon new scenes and trying tests …
3740 Letters to Young Lovers, p. 70.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Such a course as you have pursued has been enough to destroy confidence in you as an honest man and as a Christian, and unless you were under the bewitching …