Dear youth, I address myself to you three. Let it be your aim to glorify God and attain His moral likeness. Invite the Spirit of God to mold your characters. Now is your golden opportunity to wash your robes of character and make them white in the blood of the Lamb. I regard this as the turning point in the destiny of each of you. Which will you choose, says Christ, Me or the world? God calls for an unconditional surrender of the heart and affections to Him. If you love friends, brothers or sisters, father or mother, houses or lands, more than Me, says Christ, you are not worthy of Me. Religion lays the soul under the greatest obligation to her claims, to walk by her principles. As the mysterious magnet points to the north, so do the claims of religion point to the glory of God. You are bound by your baptismal vows to honor your Creator and to resolutely deny self and crucify your affections and lusts, and bring even your thoughts into obedience to the will of Christ. {3T 45.1}

Kære unge, jeg henvender mig til jer. Lad det være jeres mål at forherlige Gud og opnå lighed med hans moral. Indbyd Guds Ånd til at forme jeres karakter. Nu har I jeres gyldne anledninger til at vaske jeres karakterklæder og gøre dem hvide i Lammets blod. Jeg betragter dette som vendepunktet for jeres hver især’s skæbne.[Hvad vil I vælge, siger Kristus, mig eller verden? Gud kræver en betingelsesløs overgivelse af hjerte og hu til ham. Dersom I elsker venner, brødre eller søstre, fader eller moder, huse eller landejendomme mere end mig, er I mig ikke værd, kristendommen stiller sjælen under den største forpligtelse over for dens krav om at følge dens principper. Ligesom den hemmelighedsfulde magnet peger mod nord, således peger kristendommens krav mod Guds herlighed. I er ved jeres dåbsløfte forpligtet til at hædre jeres Skaber, resolut fornægte selvet og korsfæste jeres lidenskaber og begæringer og endog bringe jeres tanker ind under lydighed mod Kristi vilje. Vejl f menigh bd. 1 side 75]