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Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

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treats us. He does not indulge us in injurious<br />

things. He gives us only the things that are for our<br />

best good. He says, "Ask, <strong>and</strong> it shall be given you;<br />

seek, <strong>and</strong> ye shall find; knock, <strong>and</strong> it shall be<br />

opened unto you: for every one that asketh<br />

receiveth; <strong>and</strong> he that seeketh findeth; <strong>and</strong> to him<br />

that knocketh it shall be opened."<br />

We are all amenable to God. When we take<br />

into consideration our accountability to Him for<br />

every action, when we remember that we are "a<br />

spectacle unto the world, <strong>and</strong> to angels, <strong>and</strong> to<br />

men", we will desire to be purged from our<br />

fretfulness <strong>and</strong> harshness, our lack of sympathy<br />

<strong>and</strong> tenderness for one another. These evils are as<br />

tares amid the wheat, <strong>and</strong> must be destroyed.<br />

Children to be Shielded from<br />

Contaminating Influences<br />

Upon fathers <strong>and</strong> mothers devolves the<br />

responsibility of giving a Christian education to the<br />

children entrusted to them. They are never to<br />

neglect their children. In no case are they to let any<br />

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