The Young Man's Course

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · May 22, 1879

The Young Man's Course.

I SAW him first at a social party. He took but a single glass of wine, and that in compliance with the request of a fair young lady with whom he conversed.

I saw him next, when he supposed he was unseen, taking a glass to satisfy the slight desire formed by sordid indulgence. He thought there was no danger.

I saw him again with those of his own kind, meeting at night to spend a short time in convivial pleasure. He said it was only innocent pleasure.

I saw him yet once more. He was pale, cold and motionless, and was carried to his last resting place.

I thought of his future state. The Bible teaches, "Drunkards shall not inherit the kingdom of Heaven."