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powerful influence in the formation of character. If they are of the
right stamp, and if, as the child advances in years, they are followed
up with patient perseverance, the earthly and the eternal destiny will
be shaped for good. This is the word of the Lord: “Train up a child
in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from
it”Â
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(
Proverbs 22:6
).—
Special Testimonies On Education,
71
, c1897. (
Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 143
.)
Youth the Time of Opportunity—The hearts of youth are now
like impressible wax, and you may lead them to admire the Christian
character; but in a few years the wax may become granite.—
The
Review and Herald, February 21, 1878
. (
Fundamentals of Christian
Education, 51
.)
It is in youth that the affections are most ardent, the memory most
retentive, and the heart most susceptible to divine impressions; and it
is during youth that the mental and physical powers should be set to
the task in order that great improvements may be made in view of the
world that now is and that which is to come.—
The Youth’s Instructor,
October 25, 1894
. (
Sons and Daughters of God, 78
.)
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