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Child Guidance
Where there is a lack of home religion, a profession of faith is valueless.
Then let no unkind words fall from the lips of those who compose the
home circle. Make the atmosphere fragrant with tender thoughtfulness
of others. Only those will enter heaven who in probationary time have
formed a character that breathes a heavenly influence. The saint in
heaven must first be a saint upon earth
That which will make the character lovely in the home is that which
will make it lovely in the heavenly mansions. The measure of your
Christianity is gauged by the character of your home life. The grace
of Christ enables its possessors to make the home a happy place, full
of peace and rest. Unless you have the Spirit of Christ, you are none
of His and will never see the redeemed saints in His kingdom, who
are to be one with Him in the heaven of bliss. God desires you to
consecrate yourself wholly to Him and represent His character in the
home circle
The work of sanctification begins in the home. Those who are
Christians in the home will be Christians in the church and in the
world. There are many who do not grow in grace because they fail of
cultivating home religion
Parents as Educators in the Home Church—I speak to fathers
and mothers: You can be educators in your home churches; you can
be spiritual missionary agencies. Let fathers and mothers feel the need
of being home missionaries, the need of keeping the home atmosphere
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free from the influence of unkind and hasty speech, and the home
school a place where angels of God can come in and bless and give
success to the efforts put forth
Consider the family institution a training school, preparatory for
the performance of religious duties. Your children are to act a part in
church capacity, and every power of the mind, every physical capacity
is to be kept strong and active for the service of Christ. They are to be
taught to love truth because it is truth; they are to be sanctified through
the truth, that they may stand in the grand review that shall take place
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The Signs of the Times, November 14, 1892
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The Signs of the Times, November 14, 1892
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The Signs of the Times, February 17, 1904
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Manuscript 33, 1908
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