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

the home. He learned the carpenter’s trade, and
worked with His own hands in the little shop at
Nazareth. ... The Bible says of Jesus, “The Child
grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with
wisdom: and the grace of God was upon Him.”
(Luke 2:40) As He worked in childhood and youth,
mind and body were developed. He did not use His
physical powers recklessly, but in such a way as to
keep them in health, that He might do the best
work in every line. ...
In the children and youth an ambition should be
awakened to take their exercise in doing something
that will be beneficial to themselves and helpful to
others. The exercise that develops mind and
character, that teaches the hands to be useful, that
trains the young to bear their share of life’s
burdens, is that which gives physical strength and
quickens every faculty. And there is a reward in
virtuous industry, in the cultivation of the habit of
living to do good.
The children of the wealthy should not be
deprived of the great blessing of having something
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