The curse of God rests upon many of the ill-timed, inappropriate connections that are formed in this age of the world. If the Bible left these questions in a vague, uncertain light, then the course that many youth of today are pursuing in their attachments for one another, would be more excusable. But the requirements of the Bible are not halfway injunctions; they demand perfect purity of thought, of word, and of deed. We are grateful to God that his word is a light to the feet, and that none need mistake the path of duty. The young should make it a business to consult its pages and heed its counsels; for sad mistakes are always made in departing from its precepts.

Guds forbandelse hviler over mange af de upassende og ubetimelige forbindelser, som dannes i denne verdens sidste tid. Hvis bibelen lod os i uvidenhed og mørke angående disse spørgsmål, da ville den fremgangsmåde, mange af vore dages unge bruger i deres opførsel over for hverandre, være mere undskyldelig men bibelens fordringer står ikke som en halvkvædet vise. Nej, de forlanger fuldkommen renhed, hvad tanker, ord og handlinger angår. Vi er taknemmelige til gud, fordi hans ord er et lys for vor fod, og at ingen behøver at tage fejl af pligtens vej. De unge burde hente råd fra den hellige skrift og give agt på disse råd; thi vi begår altid store fejltagelser, når vi viger af fra dens forskrifter.