Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

exercise great care in guarding our children against
depraved associates.
If we could know what abominable iniquities
are practised by the members of many families
who claim to be Christians, we should be more
deeply concerned in regard to the spiritual
atmosphere surrounding our children, not only in
the public schools - even in Seventh-day Adventist
church schools. If the children of Sabbath-keepers
are not carefully instructed line upon line, precept
upon precept; if they are not kept from associating
with corrupt children, they are in danger of being
corrupted.
In order to be purified and to remain pure,
Seventh-day Adventists must have the Holy Spirit
in their hearts and in their homes. The Lord has
given me light that when the Israel of today humble
themselves before Him, and cleanse the soultemple
from all defilement, He will hear their
prayers in behalf of the sick, and will bless in the
use of His remedies for disease. When in faith the
human agent does all that he can to combat disease,
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