Chapter 78—The Family a Missionary Center
Parents Should Give Children Right Direction—With us as par-
ents and as Christians it rests to give our children right direction. They
are to be carefully, wisely, tenderly guided into paths of Christlike
ministry. We are under sacred covenant with God to rear our children
for His service. To surround them with such influences as shall lead
them to choose a life of service, and to give them the training needed,
is our first duty
Children May Be Daniels and Esthers Today—God’s purpose
for the children growing up beside our hearths is wider, deeper, higher,
than our restricted vision has comprehended. From the humblest lot
those whom He has been faithful have in time past been called to
witness for Him in the world’s highest places. And many a lad of
today, growing up as did Daniel in his Judean home, studying God’s
word and His works, and learning the lessons of faithful service, will
yet stand in legislative assemblies, in halls of justice, or in royal courts
as a witness for the King of kings. Multitudes will be called to a wider
ministry. The whole world is opening to the gospel.... From every
quarter of this world of ours comes the cry of sin-stricken hearts for a
knowledge of the God of love.... It rests with us who have received the
knowledge, with our children to whom we may impart it, to answer
their cry. To every household and every school, to every parent, teacher,
and child upon whom has shone the light of the gospel, comes at this
crisis the question put to Esther the queen at that momentous crisis in
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Israel’s history, “Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom
for such a time as this?
Successful Ways of Witnessing for Christ—Not all can go as
missionaries to foreign lands, but all can be home missionaries in their
families and neighborhoods. There are many ways in which church
members may give the message to those around them. One of the
most successful is by living helpful, unselfish Christian lives. Those
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The Ministry of Healing, 396
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Education, 262, 263
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