Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

way, it will be necessary to warn our people
against sending their children to them as workers.
Many of those who patronize our restaurants do not
bring with them the angels of God; they do not
desire the companionship of these holy beings.
They bring with them a worldly influence, and to
withstand this influence the workers need to be
closely connected with God. The managers of our
restaurants must do more to save the young people
in their employ. They must put forth greater efforts
to keep them alive spiritually, so that their young
minds will not be swayed by the worldly spirit with
which they are constantly brought in contact. The
girls and the young women in our restaurants need
a shepherd. Every one of them needs to be
sheltered by home influences.
There is danger that the youth, entering our
institutions as believers, and desiring to help in the
cause of God, will become weary and disheartened,
losing their zeal and courage, and growing cold and
indifferent. We cannot crowd these youth into
small, dark rooms, and deprive them of the
privileges of home life, and then expect them to
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