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 mothers, and  wives,  and  sisters,  you  can  do  much  by making  the  home  pleasant  and  attractive  that  the men may  find  there  a  lawful  substitute  for  the  unlawful pleasures  they  seek  elsewhere. And you,  young men, picture  to  yourselves  and  keep  ever  before  your minds that  beautiful  tableau  of  a  young  man  surrounded and  conversing  with  religion,  sobriety,  and chastity, while  irreligion,  drunkenness,  and  impurity fly baffled  from  the  scene. Let that  be  your  ideal,  to sit  self-controlled  in  the  fiery  prime  of  youth,  obedient at  the  feet  of  law. If you  keep  that  ideal  in  mind and let  it  reflect  on  your  life,  I  promise  you  you  will not only  be  more  healthy,  you  will  not  only  be  more wealthy, but,  most  of  all,  you  will  deservedly  be  numbered among  the  truly  wise. Then will  you  follow in the  steps  of  our  divine  Master  and  Model,  and  you will advance  with  Jesus  in  wisdom  and  age  and grace with  God  and  men.