Men who are doing God’s work and who have Christ abiding in their hearts will not lower the standard of morality, but will ever seek to elevate it. They will not find pleasure in the flattery of women or in being petted by them. Let men, both single and married, say: “Hands off! I will never give the least occasion that my good should be evil spoken of. My good name is capital of far more value to me than gold or silver. Let me preserve it untarnished. If men assail that name, it shall not be because I have given them occasion to do so, but for the same reason that they spoke evil of Christ—because they hated the purity and holiness of His character, for it was a constant rebuke to them.” {5T 595.2}

Dine lange taler om uddannelse i videnskaber er smertelig for Guds engle, som hele tiden er meget aktive for at få henledt tankerne og hengivenheden til himmelske ting. Sjæle vil gå tabt under dine lange, ukristelige taler. Din egen sjæl formindskes og forkrøbles i kundskab til Kristus. Du mister rigtig meget fordi du er forblindet af uddannelses ånd og skikke, som ikke frelser sjælen.