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Parents, take your children with you into your religious exercises.
Throw around them the arms of your faith, and consecrate them to
Christ. Do not allow anything to cause you to throw off your responsi-
bility to train them aright; do not let any worldly interest induce you
to leave them behind. Never let your Christian life isolate them from
you. Bring them with you to the Lord; educate their minds to become
familiar with divine truth. Let them associate with those that love God.
Bring them to the people of God as children whom you are seeking to
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help to build characters fit for eternity
Religion in the home—what will it not accomplish? It will do the
very work that God designed should be done in every family. Children
will be brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. They
will be educated and trained, not to be society devotees, but members
of the Lord’s family
Children Look to Parents for Consistent Life—Everything
leaves its impress upon the youthful mind. The countenance is studied,
the voice has its influence, and the deportment is closely imitated by
them. Fretful and peevish fathers and mothers are giving their children
lessons which at some period in their lives they would give all the
world, were it theirs, could they unlearn. Children must see in the
lives of their parents that consistency which is in accordance with their
faith. By leading a consistent life and exercising self-control, parents
may mold the characters of their children
God Honors a Well-ordered Family—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 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.
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22
The Signs of the Times, April 23, 1912
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23
Manuscript 7, 1899
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24
Testimonies For The Church 4, 621
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25
Ibid., 5:424
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