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1081 Counsels for the Church, p. 100.5 (Ellen Gould White)

I was shown that if God’s people make no efforts on their part, but wait for the refreshing to come upon them and remove their wrongs and correct their errors …

1082 Counsels for the Church, p. 101.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Satan gathered the fallen angels together to devise some way of doing the most possible evil to the human family. One proposition after another was made …

1083 Counsels for the Church, p. 102.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Never was traced by human hand a more vivid picture of the debasement and the slavery of the victim of intoxicating drink. Enthralled, degraded, even when …

1084 Counsels for the Church, p. 103.5 (Ellen Gould White)

They cannot see what they are about. Signals are made incorrectly, and cars collide with each other. Then comes horror, mutilation, and death. This condition of things will become more and more marked.

1085 Counsels for the Church, p. 104.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Women and children suffer from having to breathe the atmosphere that has been polluted by the pipe, the cigar, or the foul breath of the tobacco user. Those who live in this atmosphere will always be ailing. Testimonies for the Church 5:440

1088 Counsels for the Church, p. 108.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Not only does God require you to control your thoughts, but also your passions and affections. Your salvation depends upon your governing yourself in these …

1090 Counsels for the Church, p. 109.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Some who make a high profession do not understand the sin of self-abuse and its sure results. Long-established habit has blinded their understanding. They …

1091 Counsels for the Church, p. 110.5 (Ellen Gould White)

If the practice is continued from the ages of fifteen and upward, nature will protest against the abuse she has suffered, and continues to suffer, and will …

1092 Counsels for the Church, p. 112.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Examine carefully to see if your married life would be happy or inharmonious and wretched. Let the questions be raised, Will this union help me heavenward …

1093 Counsels for the Church, p. 113.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Before giving her hand in marriage, every woman should inquire whether he with whom she is about to unite her destiny is worthy. What has been his past record …

1094 Counsels for the Church, p. 114.5 (Ellen Gould White)

True love is a high and holy principle, altogether different in character from that love which is awakened by impulse, and which suddenly dies when severely tested.

1095 Counsels for the Church, p. 115.5 (Ellen Gould White)

If men and women are in the habit of praying twice a day before they contemplate marriage, they should pray four times a day when such a step is anticipated …

1096 Counsels for the Church, p. 116.5 (Ellen Gould White)

“Should parents,” you ask, “select a companion without regard to the mind or feelings of son or daughter?” I put the question to you as it should be: Should a son or …

1097 Counsels for the Church, p. 117.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Satan’s angels are keeping watch with those who devote a large share of the night to courting. Could they have their eyes opened, they would see an angel making …

1098 Counsels for the Church, p. 118.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Professed Christians, whose lives are marked with integrity, and who seem sensible upon every other subject, make fearful mistakes here. They manifest a …

1099 Counsels for the Church, p. 121.5 (Ellen Gould White)

The believing one reasons that in his new relation he must concede somewhat to the companion of his choice. Social, worldly amusements are patronized. At …

1100 Counsels for the Church, p. 123.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Let every step toward a marriage alliance be characterized by modesty, simplicity, sincerity, and an earnest purpose to please and honor God. Marriage affects …