Through the reading of enticing stories they rapidly lose their spirituality . This is one of the principal causes of the weak, uncertain spirituality of many of our youth. Your teachers have the solemn responsibility to see that their students maintain their spirituality. I would rather be dead than contribute, even unwittingly, but no less criminally, to the weak, uncertain spirituality of many of our youth. The results of encouraging a study of such men as Shakespeare are perfectly predictable.
Apostasy never does.
Sow to the wind, reap the whirlwind. One little disregard of a 'Thus saith the Lord' is sufficient to stop the promised blessing of the Holy Spirit. By disobedience the light once so precious becomes obscure. Satan takes possession of the mind and soul, and God is greatly dishonored. 25 Ellen White told of the story of one young man who departed from the Lord to go into drama and theater.