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1481 Counsels on Health, p. 601.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… deformed character does not disturb the mother so much as a soiled dress. The child hears more of dress than of virtue, for the mother is more familiar with …

1482 Counsels on Health, p. 601.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… person's character by the style of dress worn. Gaudy apparel betrays vanity and weakness. A modest, godly woman will dress modestly. A refined taste, a cultivated …

1483 Counsels on Health, p. 602.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… the character is frequently preceded by the indulgence of pride and vanity in dress. He sees that the costly apparel stifles the desire to do good.

1484 Counsels on Health, p. 603.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… and character no better than the world, they will point the finger of scorn at us and say, “These are Seventh-day Adventists.” “We have here a sample of the people …

1485 Counsels on Health, p. 606.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… correct characters. The anxiety of the Christian mother should not be in regard to the external merely, but that her children may have healthy constitutions …

1486 Counsels on Health, p. 606.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… -developed characters. Men and women who come upon the stage of action with firm principles will be fitted to stand unsullied amid the moral pollutions of …

1487 Counsels on Health, p. 607.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… of character? Who have fostered in them the appetites they have acquired? ...

1488 Counsels on Health, p. 609.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… the characters of your children, and in teaching them to strictly adhere to the principles of temperance in eating and drinking.

1489 Counsels on Health, p. 617.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… forming characters in this degenerate age. I tremble for their parents also, for I have been shown that as a general thing they do not understand their obligations …

1490 Counsels on Health, p. 620.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… moral character. Here was a man debasing himself daily, and yet daring to venture into the presence of God and ask an increase of strength which he had vilely …

1492 Counsels on Health, p. 623.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… and characters up to God's standard, they allow Satan's agents to erect his standard in their hearts. Corrupt men think it easier to misinterpret the Scriptures …

1493 Counsels on Health, p. 623.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… holy character; and the more offensive sin appears to us, the more exalted and desirable will appear the purity and brightness of Christ....

1495 Counsels on Health, p. 633.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… form characters free from sin—characters made righteous in and by the grace of Christ.... Our hearts are to be cleansed from all impurity in the blood shed to …

1496 Counsels on Sabbath School Work, p. 17.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of character; his unlikeness to Christ is so great that he sees he cannot be a follower without a very great change in his life. Still he studies, with a desire …

1497 Counsels on Sabbath School Work, p. 17.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… . The character will be deformed, the words and acts a reproach to the truth. The apostle tells us, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable …

1498 Counsels on Sabbath School Work, p. 30.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… , sacred character of the work requires the enlistment of the highest intellectual and spiritual powers, that it may be properly represented before those …

1499 Counsels on Sabbath School Work, p. 40.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… , our character will be elevated and refined, and we shall become more like our Saviour. And as we behold the beauty and grandeur of the works of nature, our affections …

1500 Counsels on Sabbath School Work, p. 46.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… a character as would qualify them for usefulness in this life, and for a place in the future, immortal kingdom.