Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
They may be educated line upon line, precept upon
precept, here a little, and there a little; but the one
aim ever before the teacher should be to educate
the children to know God, and Jesus Christ whom
he has sent.
Teach the youth that sin in any line is defined
in the Scriptures as "transgression of the law." Sin
originated with the first great apostate. He was a
disobedient subject. He led the family of heaven
into disobedience, and he and all who were united
with him were cast out of the paradise of God.
Teach the children in simple language that they
must be obedient to their parents, and give their
hearts to God. Jesus Christ is waiting to accept
them and bless them, if they will only come to him
and ask him to pardon all their transgressions and
take away their sins. And when they ask him to
pardon all their transgressions they must believe
that he will do it.
God wants every child of tender age to be his
child, to be adopted into his family. Young though
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