Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students - Ellen G. White

them for wider spheres of usefulness. Train them to
be an honor to the One who died to gain for them
eternal life in the kingdom of glory. Teach them
that God has a part for them to act in His great
work. The Lord will bless them as they work for
Him. They can be His helping hand.
Your home is the first field in which you are
called to labor. The precious plants in the home
garden demand your first care. Consider carefully
your work, its nature, its bearings, its results, ever
remembering that your looks, your words, your
actions, have a direct bearing on the future of your
dear ones. Your work is not to fashion beauty on
canvas, or to chisel it from marble, but to impress
upon a human soul the image of the divine.
Give your children intellectual culture and
moral training. Fortify their young minds with
firm, pure principles. While you have opportunity,
lay the foundation for a noble manhood and
womanhood. Your labor will be rewarded a
thousandfold.
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