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141 The Adventist Home, p. 425.3 (Ellen Gould White)

We do not plead for a manifestation of what the world calls courtesy, but for that courtesy which everyone will take with him to the mansions of the blessed. The Signs of the Times, August 13, 1912 ( The Signs of the Times, May 7, 1894 ).

142 The Adventist Home, p. 425.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Of all things that are sought, cherished, and cultivated, there is nothing so valuable in the sight of God as a pure heart, a disposition imbued with thankfulness and peace.

143 The Adventist Home, p. 434.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Parents should keep the atmosphere of the home pure and fragrant with kind words, with tender sympathy and love; but at the same time they are to be firm and …

144 The Adventist Home, p. 435.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Voice culture is a subject that has much to do with the health of students. The youth should be taught how to breathe properly and how to read in such a way that …

146 The Adventist Home, p. 437.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Shun Vulgarity in Every Form —Fathers and mothers, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, do not educate yourselves in the line of vulgarity of action, word …

147 The Adventist Home, p. 438.1 (Ellen Gould White)

Low, cheap, common talk should find no place in the family. When the heart is pure, rich treasures of wisdom will flow forth. The Review and Herald, May 17, 1898 .

148 The Adventist Home, p. 440.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Gossip and Talebearing —We think with horror of the cannibal who feasts on the still warm and trembling flesh of his victim; but are the results of even this …

149 The Adventist Home, p. 445.5 (Ellen Gould White)

These admonitions have been strangely neglected. Even among those who profess to be Christians true hospitality is little exercised. Among our own people …

150 The Adventist Home, p. 455.5 (Ellen Gould White)

It is inevitable that the youth will have associates, and they will necessarily feel their influence. There are mysterious links that bind souls together …

151 The Adventist Home, p. 460.3 (Ellen Gould White)

The Insidious Leaven of Wickedness —Dear students, day and night the prayers of your parents will follow you. Listen to their entreaties and warnings, and …

152 The Adventist Home, p. 475.5 (Ellen Gould White)

The world has many holidays, and men become engrossed with games, with horse races, with gambling, smoking, and drunkenness....

153 The Adventist Home, p. 485.2 (Ellen Gould White)

There is a wide field of service for women as well as for men. The efficient cook, the seamstress, the nurse—the help of all is needed. Let the members of poor households …

154 The Adventist Home, p. 494.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Students Need Relaxation —Those who are engaged in study should have relaxation. The mind must not be constantly confined to close thought, for the delicate …

156 The Adventist Home, p. 499.5 (Ellen Gould White)

I shrink always from the almost sure result which follows in the wake of these amusements. It leads to an outlay of means that should be expended in bringing …

157 The Adventist Home, p. 502.3 (Ellen Gould White)

That God who has planted the noble trees and clothed them with their rich foliage, and given us the brilliant and beautiful shades of the flowers, and whose …

158 The Adventist Home, p. 509.4 (Ellen Gould White)

It is our duty ever to seek to do good in the use of the muscles and brain God has given to youth, that they may be useful to others, making their labors lighter …

159 The Adventist Home, p. 509.5 (Ellen Gould White)

The same power of exercise of mind and muscle might invent ways and means of altogether a higher class of exercise, in doing missionary work which would make …

160 The Adventist Home, p. 512.3 (Ellen Gould White)

Between the associations of the followers of Christ for Christian recreation and worldly gatherings for pleasure and amusement will exist a marked contrast …