Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

e witnesses for the truth. Teachers who are
nervous and easily irritated should not be placed
over the youth. They must love the children
because they are the younger members of the
Lord's family. The Lord will inquire of them as of
the parents. "What have you done with my flock,
my beautiful flock?"
It is surprising to see how little is done by
many parents to save their own children. Every
family in the home life should be a church, a
beautiful symbol of the church of God in heaven. If
parents realized their responsibilities to their
children, they would not under any circumstances
scold and fret at them. This is not the kind of
education any child should have. Many, many
children have learned to be fault-finding, fretful,
scolding passionate children, because they were
allowed to be passionate at home. Parents are to
consider that they are in the place of God to their
children, to encourage every right principle, and
repress every wrong thought.
If in their own homes children are allowed to
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