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

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seeking <strong>to</strong> bind the hearts of the little ones <strong>to</strong> them<br />

by silken cords of love. Let all, fathers <strong>and</strong><br />

mothers, teachers, elder brothers <strong>and</strong> sisters,<br />

become an educating force <strong>to</strong> strengthen every<br />

spiritual interest <strong>and</strong> <strong>to</strong> bring in<strong>to</strong> the home <strong>and</strong> the<br />

school life a wholesome atmosphere, which will<br />

help the younger children <strong>to</strong> grow up in the nurture<br />

<strong>and</strong> admonition of the Lord.<br />

Bible Study in the Home<br />

Our children are the Lord’s property; they have<br />

been bought with a price. This thought should be<br />

the mainspring of our labors for them. The most<br />

successful method of securing their salvation <strong>and</strong><br />

of keeping them out of the way of temptation is <strong>to</strong><br />

instruct them constantly in the word of God. And<br />

as parents become learners with their children, they<br />

will find their own growth in grace <strong>and</strong> in a<br />

knowledge of the truth more rapid. Unbelief will<br />

disappear; faith <strong>and</strong> activity will increase;<br />

assurance <strong>and</strong> confidence will deepen as they thus<br />

follow on <strong>to</strong> know the Lord. Their prayers will<br />

undergo a transformation, becoming more earnest<br />

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