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The Adventist Home
To Adam was given the work of caring for the garden. The Creator
knew that Adam could not be happy without employment. The beauty
of the garden delighted him, but this was not enough. He must have
labor to call into exercise the wonderful organs of the body. Had hap-
piness consisted in doing nothing, man, in his state of holy innocence,
would have been left unemployed. But He who created man knew
what would be for his happiness; and no sooner had He created him
than He gave him his appointed work. The promise of future glory,
and the decree that man must toil for his daily bread, came from the
same throne
God Is Honored by a Christian Home—Fathers and mothers
who make God first in their households, who teach their children that
the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, glorify God before
angels and before men by presenting to the world a well-ordered,
well-disciplined family—a family that love and obey God instead of
rebelling against Him. Christ is not a stranger in their homes; His name
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is a household name, revered and glorified. Angels delight in a home
where God reigns supreme and the children are taught to reverence
religion, the Bible, and their Creator. Such families can claim the
promise, “Them that honour Me I will honour.” As from such a home
the father goes forth to his daily duties, it is with a spirit softened and
subdued by converse with God
The presence of Christ alone can make men and women happy.
All the common waters of life Christ can turn into the wine of heaven.
The home then becomes as an Eden of bliss; the family, a beautiful
symbol of the family in heaven
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The Youth’s Instructor, February 27, 1902
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Testimonies For The Church 5:424
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Manuscript 43, 1900
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