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9801 Homeward Bound, p. 215.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The youth need to keep ever before them the course that Christ followed. At every step it was a course of overcoming. Christ did not come to the earth as a king …
9802 Homeward Bound, p. 216.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The cause of God demands the highest powers of the being, and there is urgent need in many fields for young men of literary qualifications. There is need of …
9803 Homeward Bound, p. 217.5 (Ellen Gould White)
However large, however small, your talents, remember that what you have is yours only in trust. Thus God is testing you, giving you opportunity to prove yourself …
9804 Homeward Bound, p. 218.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The natural man or woman is not subject to the law of God; neither, indeed, of themselves, can such people be. But by faith those who have been renewed live day by …
9805 Homeward Bound, p. 220.5 (Ellen Gould White)
At such a time as this, what is the trend of the education given? To what motive is appeal most often made? To self-seeking. Much of the education given is a perversion …
9806 Homeward Bound, p. 221.5 (Ellen Gould White)
It is these great truths that old and young need to learn. We need to study the working out of God’s purpose in the history of nations and in the revelation of …
9807 Homeward Bound, p. 222.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The things of nature that we now behold give us but a faint conception of Eden’s glory. Sin has marred earth’s beauty; on all things may be seen traces of the …
9808 Homeward Bound, p. 223.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The youth need to understand the deep truth underlying the Bible statement that with God “is the fountain of life.” ( Psalm 36:9 .) Not only is He the originator of …
9809 Homeward Bound, p. 224.1 (Ellen Gould White)
See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.— 1 Thessalonians 5:15 .
9810 Homeward Bound, p. 224.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The badge of Christianity is not an outward sign, not the wearing of a cross or a crown, but it is that which reveals our union with God. By the power of His grace …
9811 Homeward Bound, p. 225.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Higher than the highest human thought can reach is God’s ideal for His children. Godliness—godlikeness—is the goal to be reached. Before the students there …
9812 Homeward Bound, p. 226.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Those who, like Daniel, refuse to defile themselves will reap the reward of their temperate habits. With their greater physical stamina and increased power of endurance, they have a bank of deposit upon which to draw in case of emergency.
9813 Homeward Bound, p. 227.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Dedicated to God as a Nazarite from his birth, he made the vow his own in a life-long consecration.— The Desire of Ages, 101, 102 .
9814 Homeward Bound, p. 228.1 (Ellen Gould White)
Walk as children of light.— Ephesians 5:8 .
9815 Homeward Bound, p. 228.5 (Ellen Gould White)
All true Christians will have control of their appetites and passions. Unless they are free from the bondage of appetite, they cannot be true, obedient servants …
9816 Homeward Bound, p. 229.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables constitute the diet chosen for us by our Creator. These foods, prepared in as simple and natural a manner as possible, are …
9817 Homeward Bound, p. 230.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Mealtime should be a season for social interaction and refreshment. Everything that can burden or irritate should be banished. Let trust and kindliness …
9818 Homeward Bound, p. 231.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Temperance reformers have a work to do in educating the people in these lines. Teach them that health, character, and even life, are endangered by the use of stimulants, which excite the exhausted energies to unnatural, spasmodic action.
9819 Homeward Bound, p. 232.5 (Ellen Gould White)
It was Christ who, in the Old Testament, gave the warning to Israel, “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” ( Proverbs …
9820 Homeward Bound, p. 233.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Boys begin the use of tobacco at a very early age. The habit thus formed when body and mind are especially susceptible to its effects, undermines the physical strength, dwarfs the body, stupefies the mind, and corrupts the morals.. . .