Courtship—Good Common Sense Needed—The youth trust altogether too much to impulse. They should not give themselves away too easily or be captivated too readily by the winning exterior of the lover. Courtship, as carried on in this age, is a scheme of deception and hypocrisy, with which the enemy of souls has far more to do than the Lord. Good common sense is needed here if anywhere; but the fact is, it has little to do in the matter.—The Review and Herald, January 26, 1886. (Messages to Young People, 450.) {1MCP 295.1}

Behov for god fornemmelse ved frieri. - De unge stoler alt for meget på følelser. De skulle ikke hengive sig så let og ikke lade sig erobre alt for hurtigt af den elskedes vindende ydre. Det frieri, som foregår i vor tid, smager meget af bedrag og hykleri, som sjælefjenden har mere med at gøre end Herren. Hvis man nogen sinde behøver sund sans, så er det i dette stykke, men det er en kendsgerning, at man ser ikke meget til sund sans i så henseende. - RH, 26. jan., 1886. (MYP 450.)