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1141 Counsels for the Church, p. 169.5 (Ellen Gould White)
In the education of children and youth, fairy tales, myths, and fictitious stories are now given a large place. Books of this character are used in schools, and …
1142 Counsels for the Church, p. 170.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The nature of one’s religious experience is revealed by the character of the books one chooses to read in one’s leisure moments. In order to have a healthy …
1143 Counsels for the Church, p. 175.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… Church 5:58, 59
1144 Counsels for the Church, p. 175.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The envious man shuts his eyes to the good qualities and noble deeds of others. He is always ready to disparage and misrepresent that which is excellent. Men …
1145 Counsels for the Church, p. 176.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… Church 5:56, 57
1146 Counsels for the Church, p. 176.5 (Ellen Gould White)
In their efforts to carry a point, persons who have naturally a strong imagination are in danger of deceiving themselves and deceiving others. They gather …
1147 Counsels for the Church, p. 177.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… Church 5:94-96
1148 Counsels for the Church, p. 177.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The names of God’s chosen servants have been handled with disrespect, and in some cases with absolute contempt, by certain persons whose duty it is to uphold …
1149 Counsels for the Church, p. 179.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… Church 5:96-98
1150 Counsels for the Church, p. 180.5 (Ellen Gould White)
We judge of a person’s character by the style of dress worn. A modest, godly woman will dress modestly. A refined taste, a cultivated mind, will be revealed in …
1151 Counsels for the Church, p. 181.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… :3-5 : “Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting of the hair and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of …
1152 Counsels for the Church, p. 181.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Many look upon these injunctions as too old-fashioned to be worthy of notice; but He who gave them to His disciples understood the dangers from the love of dress in our time, and sent to us the note of warning. Will we heed the warning and be wise?
1153 Counsels for the Church, p. 181.6 (Ellen Gould White)
Those who are truly seeking to follow Christ will have conscientious scruples in regard to the dress they wear; they will strive to meet the requirements of this injunction [ 1 Peter 3:3-5 ] so plainly given by the Lord. Child Guidance, 415, 416
1154 Counsels for the Church, p. 182.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Many dress like the world in order to have an influence over unbelievers, but here they make a sad mistake. If they would have a true and saving influence, let …
1155 Counsels for the Church, p. 183.5 (Ellen Gould White)
There is a dress which every child and youth may innocently seek to obtain. It is the righteousness of the saints. If they will only be as willing and persevering …
1156 Counsels for the Church, p. 185.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… .” Matthew 5:6. Ample provisions are made by Christ to satisfy the soul that hungers and thirsts for righteousness. Testimonies for the Church 2:262-266
1157 Counsels for the Church, p. 187.5 (Ellen Gould White)
God gave His Son to a life of humiliation, self-denial, poverty, toil, reproach, and to the agonizing death of crucifixion. But there was no angel to bear the joyful …
1158 Counsels for the Church, p. 190.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Human philosophy has not discovered more than God knows or devised a wiser plan of dealing with children than that given by our Lord. Who can better understand …
1159 Counsels for the Church, p. 191.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Parents should not forget their childhood years, how much they yearned for sympathy and love, and how unhappy they felt when censured and fretfully chided …
1160 Counsels for the Church, p. 192.5 (Ellen Gould White)
There are many families of children who appear to be well trained while under the training discipline; but when the system which has held them to set rules is broken up, they seem to be incapable of thinking, acting, or deciding for themselves.