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children’s eternal welfare! Let them ask themselves, Have we been
careless? Have we neglected this solemn work? Have we allowed
our children to become the sport of Satan’s temptations? Have we
not a solemn account to settle with God because we have permitted
our children to use their talents, their time and influence, in working
against the truth, against Christ? Have we not neglected our duty as
parents and increased the number of the subjects of Satan’s kingdom?
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By many this home field has been shamefully neglected, and it is
time that divine resources and remedies were presented, that this state
of evil may be corrected. What excuse can the professed followers of
Christ offer for neglecting to train their children to work for Him?
God designs that the families of earth shall be a symbol of the
family in heaven. Christian homes, established and conducted in
accordance with God’s plan, are among His most effective agencies
for the formation of Christian character and for the advancement of
His work.
If parents desire to see a different state of things in their families,
let them consecrate themselves wholly to God and co-operate with
Him in the work whereby a transformation may take place in their
households.
When our own homes are what they should be, our children will
not be allowed to grow up in idleness and indifference to the claims of
God in behalf of the needy all about them. As the Lord’s heritage, they
will be qualified to take up the work where they are. A light will shine
from such homes which will reveal itself in behalf of the ignorant,
leading them to the source of all knowledge. An influence will be
exerted that will be a power for God and for His truth.
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Instruct the Church in Missionary Work
“Watchman, what of the night?”
Isaiah 21:11
. Are the watchmen
of whom this demand is made able to give the trumpet a certain sound?
Are the shepherds faithfully caring for the flock as those who must give
an account? Are the ministers of God watching for souls, realizing that
those under their care are the purchase of the blood of Christ? A great