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A Few Vacation Hints

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 17, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 29.

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A Few Vacation Hints

By New York Lutheran

TAKE your Bible with you and read it. A vacation is a good opportunity to become better acquainted with God's Word.
Be careful as to the friends and companions you choose. A man is judged by the company he keeps.
Do not forget your prayers. You will need God's help and protection against the various temptations of the vacation season.
Take Jesus with you. His presence will assure you a good time of the right sort and a clear conscience after the vacation days are over.
Read if you feel like it. But be careful what you read. Do not waste your time on books of a harmful or even worthless character. The market is full of books of proved merit.
Let your conduct be in accordance with your Christian profession. Do not in the slightest degree let down the bars of decency and propriety. The vacation season is called the "foolish season." Let it not be so in your case. Your self-respect is something too precious to give up lightly. And remember that God's eyes are upon you.
Deport yourself in such a manner that you may have only pleasant memories of your vacation, and others may have only pleasant memories of you. Little deeds and words of kindness will make you and others happy.
Get out into the open. Get near to nature's heart. Learn to appreciate the power and majesty of God in the glories of his creation round about you. Live under the open sky. It will do you good, body and soul.
Do not let your vacation be a time only of gaiety and ceaseless pleasure-seeking. Let it be a time also of relaxation. Get acquainted with yourself. Get to know yourself a little better. A little sober thought, a little self-analysis, is most wholesome.
Finally, again, take Jesus with you.—New York Lutheran.