---
title: 'Learn to Say No, or, The City Apprentice'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Augustus Ward Loomis'
date: 1856-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Children and Youth'
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
- 'Personal Piety'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 4'
- 'James 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/loomis-1856-learn-to-say-no-or-the-city-apprentice
---

# Learn to Say No, or, The City Apprentice

A country youth entering a city apprenticeship is urged to "learn to say no" — resist temptation, keep family worship, read Scripture, be diligent, and guard his conscience.

[Download](https://media.confessional.org/archives/loomis-1856-learn-to-say-no-or-the-city-apprentice.pdf)