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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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“For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in<br />

wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with Thee. The<br />

foolish shall not stand in Thy sight: Thou hatest all<br />

workers of iniquity.” Psalm 5:4, 5. “If I regard<br />

iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.”<br />

Psalm 66:18.<br />

This is not a solitary case. Even the marriage<br />

relati<strong>on</strong> was not sufficient to preserve this man<br />

from the corrupt habits of his youth. I wish I could<br />

be c<strong>on</strong>vinced that such cases as the <strong>on</strong>e I have<br />

presented are rare; but I know they are frequent.<br />

Children born to parents who are c<strong>on</strong>trolled by<br />

corrupt passi<strong>on</strong>s are worthless. What can be<br />

expected of such children, but that they will sink<br />

lower in the scale than their parents? What can be<br />

expected of the rising generati<strong>on</strong>? Thousands are<br />

devoid of principle. These very <strong>on</strong>es are<br />

transmitting to their offspring their own miserable,<br />

corrupt passi<strong>on</strong>s. What a legacy! Thousands drag<br />

out their unprincipled lives, tainting their associates<br />

and perpetuating their debased passi<strong>on</strong>s by<br />

transmitting them to their children. They take the<br />

resp<strong>on</strong>sibility of giving to them the stamp of their<br />

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