The wisest man that ever lived says: “Remember now thy Creator in the
days of thy youth.”
The basis of a moral life is the remembrance of thy Creator. With this
in your memory you will be able to establish a moral character; without
it you can not have a moral life.
Below the nature of every man, the foundation of his nature, the
everlasting rock upon which it is built, is God. He can not be ignored
in any act, in any transaction. You may attempt to blot Him out, or
cover Him up out of the sight of your own intelligence, but He is there
always. He is your Creator, and the more you are in touch with Him, the
more responsive you are to His promptings, the higher your moral
character.
The old Pagans had no morality because they hid God from their own
hearts and understandings, and substituted gods of wood and stone.
They really worshipped themselves, for when a man casts out God there is
nothing but himself to worship.
The fact is, when men desire to lead immoral lives, or commit violations
of law of any kind, they begin by closing their eyes to God and
forgetting their Creator, and they say: “There is no Hell.”
In these days it is impossible for a man to live without a knowledge of
his Creator. His name is everywhere and stamped upon everything. This
very knowledge makes it incumbent upon every man to keep in touch with
his Creator, for it is the common sentiment of all mankind, and can not
be ignored.
The observance of every moral precept is prompted by the Creator, who
“wills not that men shall perish, but that they shall live.”
To turn away from Him is to lose moral character, to keep in touch with
Him is to preserve it. We keep in touch with God by remembering Him.