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Importance of Home Religion, October 25
I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which
God hath given me.
Hebrews 2:13
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There is need of constant watchfulness, a daily reconversion, that our
individual traits of character shall be wholly sanctified to God. All our powers
are to be purified from the dross of sin, and trained for service. There are
many who, while professing to be the servants of God, and to be looking for
the soon return of Christ, are not having the experience that all must have
who stand without fault before God. They are making mistakes in the work
of character building. To continue to make these mistakes is a costly business,
for they hinder the progress in the divine life.
Our religious obligations begin in serving God faithfully in the home life.
I am urged to bear earnest testimony to parents in public and private, that
they may be led to devote all their powers in sanctified service for Christ.
I am instructed to urge upon our people the need of being imbued with the
Spirit of God. This Spirit will teach believers to work in harmony with Christ
whenever and wherever opportunity offers. As different families among our
people have been presented before me, I have been shown their great need of
the converting power of God....
Religion in the home is of vital importance. Upon fathers and mothers rest
to a large degree the responsibility for the mold of character that their children
receive.... If parents will teach their children to conduct themselves according
to the principles of the Word of God, these children will unconsciously teach
others what it means to be Christians. Let parents maintain true Christian
dignity before their children, and they will be greatly aided in their work of
upbuilding the kingdom of Christ.
The apostle Paul, describing the children living in these last days, declares
them to be “disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy.” It is important that
parents realize the tendency of the age, and labor untiringly to educate their
children away from those things, preparing them, by teaching them to love
and copy the life of Christ, for a place in the future life of holiness.—
Letter
90, October 25, 1911
, to Elder and Mrs. S. N. Haskell.
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