Remember
Your Creator in Your Youth
Remember
now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the
years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them. Eccl.
12:1
I wish I could portray the beauty of the
Christian life. Beginning in the morning of life, controlled by the laws of
nature and of God, the Christian moves steadily onward and upward, daily
drawing nearer his heavenly home, where await for him a crown of life, and a
new name, "which no man knoweth saving him that receiveth it."
Constantly he grows in happiness, in holiness, in usefulness. The progress of
each year exceeds that of the past year.
God has given the youth a ladder to
climb, a ladder that reaches from earth to heaven. Above this ladder is God,
and on every round fall the bright beams of his glory. He is watching those who
are climbing, ready, when the grasp relaxes and the steps falter, to send help.
Yes, tell it in words full of cheer, that no one who perseveringly climbs the
ladder will fail of gaining an entrance into the heavenly city.
Angels of God, that ascend and descend
the ladder that Jacob saw in vision, will help every soul who will to climb
even to the highest heaven. They are guarding the people of God and watching
how every step is taken. Those who climb the shining way will be rewarded; they
will enter into the joy of their Lord.
Early piety ensures to its possessor the
full enjoyment of all that makes life happy. . . . Those who wait until the
span of life is almost ended before they seek God, lose a life of pure,
elevated happiness--happiness that never comes in pursuit of the pleasures that
this life affords. Those who have been long acquainted with God, who from their
youth have drawn their happiness from the pure fountain of heaven, are prepared
to enter the family of God.
From My Life Today - Page 156
