What Shall We Play?
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past. Every word He uttered was a savor of life unto life to His hearers,
and they listened with subdued attention as though desirous of hearing
to a purpose
Ellen G. White and a Pleasant Social Gathering—At the close
of my long journey east, I reached my home in time to spend New
Year’s Eve in Healdsburg. The college hall had been fitted up for a
Sabbath school reunion. Cypress wreaths, autumn leaves, evergreens,
and flowers were tastefully arranged; and a large bell of evergreens
hung from the arched doorway at the entrance to the room. The tree
was well loaded with donations, which were to be used for the benefit
of the poor and to help purchase a bell.... On this occasion nothing
was said or done that need burden the conscience of anyone.
Some have said to me, “Sister White, what do you think of this? Is
it in accordance with our faith?” I answer them, “It is with my faith.
Draw Youth With a Winning Power—God would have every
household and every church exert a winning power to draw the children
away from the seducing pleasures of the world and from association
with those whose influence would have a corrupting tendency. Study
[505]
to win the youth to Jesus
[506]
14
Welfare Ministry, 287
.
15
The Review and Herald, January 29, 1884
.
16
Ibid
.