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Peter’s Counsel to Parents
the Spirit has promised to make us perfect in every good work. When
parents awaken to a true understanding of their neglected duties, they
will marvel at the spiritual blindness that has characterized their past
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experience. And when they become learners of Christ, they will be
taught how to do their work acceptably....
Need to understand daily temptations of youth
Parents need to understand the temptations that the youth must
daily meet, that they may teach them how to overcome them. There
are influences in the school and in the world that parents need to guard
against. God wants us to turn our eyes from the vanities and pleasures
and ambitions of the world, and set them on the glorious and immortal
reward of those who run with patience the race set before them in the
gospel. He wants us to educate our children to avoid the influences
that would draw them away from Christ. The Lord is soon coming,
and we must prepare for this solemn event. My brethren and sisters, let
your daily life in the home reveal the living principles of the Word of
God. Heavenly agencies will cooperate with you as you seek to reach
the standard of perfection, and as you seek to teach your children how
to conform their lives to the principles of righteousness. Christ and
heavenly agencies are waiting to quicken your spiritual sensibilities,
to renew your activities, and to teach you of the deep things of God.
The parents’role
Parents should be united in their faith, that they may be united in
their efforts to bring their children up in the belief of the truth. Upon
the mother in a special sense rests the work of molding the minds of
the young children. But the father should feel more deeply than he
usually does his responsibilities in the home. Upon him, as well as
upon the mother, rests the duty of laboring for the spiritual welfare
of his children. Business matters often keep the father much from
home, and prevent him from taking an equal share in the training of
the children; but whenever he can, he should unite with the mother in
this work. Let parents work unitedly, instilling into their children’s
hearts the principles of righteousness.