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You may think, parents, that you have not time to do all this, but
you must take time to do your work in your family, else Satan will
supply the deficiency. Cut out everything else from your life that
prevents this work from being done, and train your children after
His order. Neglect anything of a temporal nature, be satisfied to live
economically, bind about your wants, but for Christ’s sake do not
neglect the religious training of yourselves and your children
Every Member of the Family to Be Dedicated to God—The
directions that Moses gave concerning the Passover feast are full of
significance, and have an application to parents and children in this
age of the world....
The father was to act as the priest of the household, and if the
father was dead, the eldest son living was to perform this solemn act
of sprinkling the doorpost with blood. This is a symbol of the work to
be done in every family. Parents are to gather their children into the
home and to present Christ before them as their Passover. The father
is to dedicate every inmate of his home to God and to do a work that
is represented by the feast of the Passover. It is perilous to leave this
solemn duty in the hands of others
Let Christian parents resolve that they will be loyal to God, and
let them gather their children into their homes with them and strike
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the doorpost with blood, representing Christ as the only One who can
shield and save, that the destroying angel may pass over the cherished
circle of the household. Let the world see that a more than human in-
fluence is at work in the home. Let parents maintain a vital connection
with God, set themselves on Christ’s side, and show by His grace what
great good may be accomplished through parental agency
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Manuscript 12, 1898
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33
The Review and Herald, May 21, 1895
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34
The Review and Herald, February 19, 1895
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