Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

matters will be in greater matters. Each member of
the family should understand just the part he is
expected to act in union with the others. All, from
the child six years old and upward, should
understand that it is required of them to bear their
share of life's burdens.
There are important lessons for these children
to learn, and they can learn them better now than at
a later period. God will work for these dear
children in union with the wisely directed efforts of
their parents and will bring them to become
learners in the school of Christ. Jesus would have
these children separate from the vanities of the
world, leave the pleasures of sin, and choose the
path of humble obedience. If they will now heed
the gracious invitation, accept Jesus as their
Saviour, and follow on to know the Lord, He will
cleanse them from their sins and impart to them
grace and strength.
Dear Brother P, the lessons which you have
learned amid the distracting influences that have
existed in Maine have been exceedingly injurious
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