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The Ministry of Health and Healing
ones are exposed to temptations. Daily annoyances beset the path of
young and old. Those who would live patient, loving, cheerful lives
must pray. Only by receiving constant help from God can we gain
the victory over self.
Happiness and Love Are Important
Home should be a place of cheerfulness, courtesy, and love.
Where these graces prevail, there will be happiness and peace. Trou-
bles may invade, but these are the lot of humanity. Let patience,
gratitude, and love keep sunshine in the heart though the day may
be ever so cloudy. In such homes angels of God abide.
Let the husband and wife study each other’s happiness, never
failing in the small courtesies and kindly acts that cheer and brighten
the life. Perfect confidence should exist between husband and wife.
Together they should consider their responsibilities. Together they
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should work for the highest good of their children. Never should
they in the presence of the children criticize each other’s plans or
question each other’s judgment. Let the wife be careful not to make
the husband’s work for the children more difficult. Let the husband
hold up the hands of his wife, giving her wise counsel and loving
encouragement.
No barrier of coldness and reserve should be allowed to arise
between parents and children. Let parents become acquainted with
their children, seeking to understand their tastes and dispositions,
entering into their feelings, and drawing out what is in their hearts.
Parents, show your children that you love them and will do all
in your power to make them happy. If you do this, your necessary
restrictions will have far greater weight in their young minds. Rule
your children with tenderness and compassion, remembering that
“‘their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven.’”
Matthew 18:10
. If you want the angels to do for your children the
work given them of God, cooperate with them by doing your part.
Brought up under the wise and loving guidance of a true home,
children will have no desire to wander away in search of pleasure and
companionship. Evil will not attract them. The spirit that prevails
in the home will mold their characters; they will form habits and