Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

younger. Let the elder members of the family
consider that this part of the Lord's vineyard needs
to be cultivated, and resolve that they will put forth
their best capabilities to make home attractive and
to deal patiently with younger minds.
There are young persons in our homes whom
the Lord has qualified to give the knowledge they
have to others. Let these strive to keep spiritual
lessons fresh in the mind, that they may impart the
knowledge they have gained. If these older
members of the family would become learners with
the children, new ideas would be suggested and the
hours of study would be a time of decided pleasure
as well as of profit.
The tender years of childhood are years of
sacred responsibility to fathers and mothers.
Parents have a sacred duty to perform in teaching
their children to help bear the burdens of the home,
to be content with plain and simple, good and neat,
and inexpensive dress. The requirements of the
parent should always be reasonable; kindness
should be expressed, not by foolish indulgence, but
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