June 1

On Counsel: for the Young

Now, to my mind, it seems that a father’s experience is the best evidence that a young man can have of the truth of anything. GS46

That man is not worth hanging who does not love his mother. PP111

The third of Genesis reveals Ruin; the third of Romans teaches Redemption; the third of John sets forth Regeneration. Will our young friends be so good as to read those chapters through with care, at home? TN22

“If young men knew the price of sin, even in this life, they would not be so hot to purchase pleasurable moments at the price of painful years.” (983.188)

“We also forget when we start in the battle of life that there is a great deal in novelty, and that novelty wears off.” (1193.521)

“Your armour, young man, though it glistens, and in the sunlight looks like burnished silver, affords you no ground for boasting, for if sin had not made you weak you would have required no armour whatsoever.” (1193.523)

“Young people, you must pray, for your passions are strong, and your wisdom is little.” (1656.251)

“Little children sometimes think they are wise, but they know nothing: wisdom is with their father, not with them.” (1733.429)

“In these days the proud notion is abroad, that our fathers cannot have been so wise as their highly cultured sons. Yet in the long run, these same youths will alter their opinions as their years increase.” (2014.159)

“Wild oats are seldom barren. I have known them grow up into a harvest of unquenchable flames. God has not forgotten your youthful provocation.” (2104.501)

“Young men, especially, are too apt to mistake the great enemy for a friend.” (2215.398)

“Therefore, I charge you, young man or young woman, do not kill the parents who gave you life, do not disgrace those who brought you up; but I pray you, instead thereof, seek the God of your father, and the God of your mother, and give yourselves to the Lord Jesus Christ, and live wholly unto him.” (2406.149)

“Self-confidence is one of the commonest faults of the young; they judge themselves to be better than their fathers, and capable of great things. Untried strength always appears to be greater than it is.” (3283.5)