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This concise statement as to the exhortation to be addressed to young men may be regarded as a summary of all youthful virtues. The sins and follies of youth largely arise from want of thought. This fact, while it is no excuse for the sins committed, is an indication of the remedy to be sought. Let youths be trained to cultivate discretion, and, humanly speaking, they will be kept safe from the follies so common to their age. In a sermon to young men, discretion may be commended thus: —

I. AS THE CULTIVATION OF THE MENTAL AND MORAL POWERS WITH WHICH GOD HAS ENDOWED THEM.

II. AS THE FULFILMENT OF THE DESTINY WHICH THEY ARE TO FULFIL IN LIFE.

III. AS THE FITTING PREPARATION FOR A HIGHER LIFE HEREAFTER.

(F. Wagstaff.)

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KJV: Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

WEB: Likewise, exhort the younger men to be sober minded;