Chapter 112—A Blessing in the Home
The Lord says to the young, “My son, give Me thine heart.” The
Saviour of the world loves to have children and youth give their hearts
to Him. There may be a large army of children who shall be found
faithful to God, because they walk in the light, as Christ is in the light.
They will love the Lord Jesus, and it will be their delight to please Him.
They will not be impatient if reproved; but will make glad the heart of
father and mother by their kindness, their patience, their willingness
to do all they can in helping to bear the burdens of daily life. Through
childhood and youth, they will be found faithful disciples of our Lord.
Children and youth, in your earliest years you may be a blessing in
the home. What a grief it is to see children of God-fearing parents un-
ruly and disobedient, unthankful and self-willed, full of determination
to have their own way, regardless of the inconvenience or sorrow it
causes their parents. Satan takes delight in ruling the hearts of children,
and if he is permitted he will inspire them with his own hateful spirit.
Obedience to Parents
Parents may do everything in their power to give their children
every privilege and instruction, in order that they may give their hearts
to God; yet the children may refuse to walk in the light and, by their
evil course, cast unfavorable reflections upon their parents who love
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them, and whose hearts yearn after their salvation.
It is Satan who tempts children to follow in a course of sin and
disobedience; and then if he is permitted he will take the life of the
children while they are yet in their sins, in order to cut them off from
all hope of salvation, and to pierce, as with a sword, the hearts of
the God-fearing fathers and mothers, who will be bowed down with
a sorrow that never can be lifted, because of their children’s final
impenitence and rebellion against God....
Children and youth, I entreat you, for Christ’s sake, to walk in the
light. Submit your will to the will of God. When “sinners entice thee,
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