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A Word to Boys

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 3, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 1.

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A Word to Boys.

Truth is one of the rarest of virtues. Many a youth has been lost to society by allowing falsehood to tarnish his character, and foolishly throwing truth away. Honesty, frankness, generosity, virtue—blessed traits! Be these yours, my boys, we shall not fear. You are watched by your elders. Men who are looking for clerks and apprentices have their eyes upon you. If you are profane, vulgar, saloon-going, they will not choose you. If you are upright, steady, and industrious, before long you will find good places, kind masters, and the prospect of a useful life before you.