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

You have been very zealous to plead the
necessity of not denying our faith by our works,
and have made your faith an excuse for not
granting your children an opportunity to obtain an
education in even the common branches.
Knowledge in regard to yourself is what you need,
and you will yet have to see the necessity of
obtaining it. Knowledge is what your children need
but do not have the privilege of obtaining. With
this great lack they cannot become useful members
of society, and they will be deficient in their
religious education. A weighty responsibility rests
at your door. You are shortening the life of your
wife. How can she glorify God in her body and
spirit, which are His?
God has given you light and knowledge, which
you have professed to believe came direct from
Him, instructing you to deny appetite. You know
that the use of swine's flesh is contrary to His
express command, given not because He wished to
especially show His authority, but because it would
be injurious to those who should eat it. Its use
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