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1041 The Signs of the Times December 15, 1881, paragraph 1
… the Levites to enter upon their peculiar services until they were twenty-five years of age. But Samuel had been an exception to this rule. Every year saw …
1042 The Signs of the Times December 15, 1881, paragraph 3
… the Lord called Samuel.” Supposing the voice to be that of Eli, the child hastened to the bedside of the aged priest, saying, “Here am I, for thou calledst me.” The answer …
1043 The Signs of the Times December 15, 1881, paragraph 10
… years, to redeem the failures of the past! But the aged priest took no effective measures to avert the doom that hung over himself and his house. The forbearance …
1044 The Signs of the Times January 19, 1882, paragraph 5
… fifteen years of age, who thus manifested their determination to begin a new life. Such a sight was enough to soften the hardest heart. The brethren and sisters …
1045 The Signs of the Times April 20, 1882, paragraph 10
… in the little being, and every day makes it a harder task for the parent to gain control of the child. At a very early age children can comprehend what is plainly …
1046 The Signs of the Times May 31, 1883, paragraph 11
… , and the earnest and practical character of his mind led him to desire the solid and useful rather than the showy and superficial. At the age of eighteen he …
1047 The Signs of the Times March 27, 1884, paragraph 11
… the sins for which God destroyed the inhabitants of the old world by a flood of water, and they are corrupting the churches in these last days. They are the hidden …
1048 The Signs of the Times April 17, 1884, paragraph 7
… up the weeds afterward. Parents should redouble their efforts for the salvation of their children. The reason why the youth of the present age are not more …
1049 The Signs of the Times November 27, 1884, paragraph 8
… on the earth the knowledge of the true God, and to stay the tide of moral evil. God declared that his Spirit should not always strive with guilty men, but that …
1050 The Signs of the Times January 22, 1885, paragraph 2
… to the temple, at the hour of prayer, they saw lying at the Beautiful gate, a poverty-stricken cripple, above forty years of age, whose whole life had been one of …
1051 The Signs of the Times September 16, 1886, paragraph 13
… women, the youth, the middle-aged, and those of advanced years, may have a part in the work of God for this time; and in engaging in this work as they have opportunity …
1052 The Signs of the Times June 2, 1887, paragraph 8
… . The burden of years was heavy upon him, and he longed for rest from toil and anxiety. The words of the Lord seemed terrible and uncalled-for to the stricken …
1053 The Signs of the Times September 29, 1887, paragraph 2
… readily the second time. Every repetition of sin blinds his eyes, stifles conviction, and weakens his power of resistance. Thus while the power of the human …
1054 The Signs of the Times April 6, 1888, paragraph 9
… the godly Hannah. He was to be devoted to the services of the sanctuary, and the responsibility of his education must now rest upon the aged priest. The sons …
1055 The Signs of the Times May 4, 1888, paragraph 6
… the children in the duties of practical life. Teach them to regard the humble round of everyday duties as the course marked out for them by the Lord; as …
1056 The Signs of the Times May 26, 1890, paragraph 4
… the prejudices that have for years bound us about. If you have been in the truth for many years, and some brother who is much younger in years and in the faith …
1057 The Signs of the Times April 11, 1892, paragraph 8
… make the journey. In a few days after boarding the steamer I should be sixty-five years old, and it seemed like a great undertaking for a woman of my age to come …
1058 The Signs of the Times February 27, 1896, paragraph 4
… accept the opportunities and privileges which the God of compassion and love provided for them. For a thousand years they multiplied transgression upon …
1059 The Signs of the Times April 2, 1896, paragraph 7
… twelve years of age he was found among the doctors, listening to them and asking them questions. He asked such questions as suggested the discovery of deep …
1060 The Signs of the Times April 16, 1896, paragraph 6
… discern the evil of their own course of management. O, that they might realize that the bias which is given to a child in its earliest years gives a tendency …