Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene - Ellen G. White

neglect to present allurements which the children
have no will or moral power to resist. I saw that,
through his temptations, he is instituting everchanging
fashions, and attractive parties and
amusements, that mothers may be led to devote
their time to frivolous matters, instead of to the
education and training of their children. Our youth
need mothers who will teach them from the cradle
to control passion, to deny appetite, and to
overcome selfishness. They need line upon line,
precept upon precept, here a little and there a little.
The Hebrews were taught how to train their
children so that they might avoid the idolatry and
wickedness of the heathen nations: “Therefore
shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in
your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your
hand, that they may be as frontlets between your
eyes. And ye shall teach them your children,
speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house,
and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest
down, and when thou risest up.” (Deuteronomy
11:18,19)
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