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

Those who instruct children should avoid
tedious remarks. Short remarks and to the point
will have a happy influence. If much is to be said,
make up for briefness by frequency. A few words
of interest now and then will be more beneficial
than to have it all at once. Long speeches burden
the small minds of children. Too much talk will
lead them to loathe even spiritual instruction, just
as overeating burdens the stomach and lessens the
appetite, leading even to a loathing of food. The
minds of the people may be glutted with too much
speechifying. Labor for the church, but especially
for the youth, should be line upon line, precept
upon precept, here a little, and there a little. Give
minds time to digest the truths you feed them.
Children must be drawn toward heaven, not rashly,
but very gently. Battle Creek, Michigan, Oct. 2,
1868.
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