Duties of Young Men by Sel.

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 30, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 38.

Duties of Young Men.

By Sel.

Once more, said the Bishop of Carlisle, the young man's supreme duty of keeping his body in soberness, temperance and chastity may be rightly regarded in the light of honor paid to father and mother. The keenest wound which can be inflicted on a father's heart comes from this side. A son honors his parents when he keeps himself pure, when he strives against temptation, when he prays for help against sensual sin. But specially I would ask you to regard the blessedness of purity in the light of honor due to a mother. He must truly and completely honor his mother who honors womanhood; he honors womanhood who shrinks from profaning a sister by an impure look, or word, or deed; he alone honors his mother who avoids like poison anything which might bring a blush to her cheek or cause a pang to her heart.—Sel.