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

Chapter 43
Letter to an Orphan Boy
Dear Friend: In the last vision given me, I saw
that you had faults to correct. It is necessary for
you to see these before you will make the required
effort to correct them. You have much to learn
before you can form a good, Christian character
which God can approve. From your childhood you
have been a wayward boy, disposed to have your
own way and to follow your own mind. You have
not loved to yield your wishes and will to those
who have had the care of you. This is the
experience you must obtain.
Your danger is increased by the spirit of
independence and self-confidence—connected, as
of course it must be, with inexperience—which
young men of your age are apt to assume when
they have not their own dear parents to watch over
them and stir the tender chords of affection in the
soul. You feel that it is time for you to think and
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