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61 The Adventist Home, p. 379.3 (Ellen Gould White)

God does not require that His people should deprive themselves of that which is really necessary for their health and comfort, but He does not approve of wantonness and extravagance and display. The Review and Herald, December 19, 1893 .

62 The Adventist Home, p. 388.3 (Ellen Gould White)

The children may learn to show their love for Christ by denying themselves needless trifles, for the purchase of which much money slips through their fingers …

64 The Adventist Home, p. 411.2 (Ellen Gould White)

Children need proper reading which will afford amusement and recreation and not demoralize the mind or weary the body. If they are taught to love romance …

66 The Adventist Home, p. 415.3 (Ellen Gould White)

Parents should guard their children and teach them to cultivate a pure imagination and to shun, as they would a leper, the lovesick pen pictures presented …

68 The Adventist Home, p. 471.1 (Ellen Gould White)

Powerful Tests Are Before Our Youth —Children should be trained and educated so that they may calculate to meet with difficulties and expect temptations …

70 The Adventist Home, p. 473.3 (Ellen Gould White)

On birthday occasions the children should be taught that they have reason for gratitude to God for His loving-kindness in preserving their lives for another …

71 The Adventist Home, p. 473.4 (Ellen Gould White)

A Time to Review the Year's Record —Teach them to review the past year of their life, to consider whether they would be glad to meet its record just as it stands …

72 The Adventist Home, p. 474.1 (Ellen Gould White)

Making God's Cause First —I have said to my family and my friends, I desire that no one shall make me a birthday or Christmas gift, unless it be with permission …

73 The Adventist Home, p. 475.2 (Ellen Gould White)

Let not any more Thanksgiving days be observed to please and gratify the appetite and glorify self. We have reason for coming into the courts of the Lord with …

74 The Adventist Home, p. 475.3 (Ellen Gould White)

A Day to Give Thanks [ Note: Part of a thanksgiving sermon delivered at the Battle Creek Tabernacle, Nov. 27, 1884. ]—I think we have something to be thankful for. We …

76 The Adventist Home, p. 477.3 (Ellen Gould White)

In His wisdom the Lord concealed the place where He buried Moses. God buried him, and God resurrected him and took him to heaven. This secrecy was to prevent …

77 The Adventist Home, p. 478.3 (Ellen Gould White)

The desire for amusement, instead of being quenched and arbitrarily ruled down, should be controlled and directed by painstaking effort upon the part of …

78 The Adventist Home, p. 479.1 (Ellen Gould White)

It is right to bestow upon one another tokens of love and remembrance if we do not in this forget God, our best friend. We should make our gifts such as will prove …

79 The Adventist Home, p. 479.3 (Ellen Gould White)

Let those who wish to make valuable presents to their children, grandchildren, nephews, and nieces procure for them the children's books mentioned above …

80 The Adventist Home, p. 480.2 (Ellen Gould White)

It is through Christ that we receive every blessing.... Shall not our heavenly Benefactor share in the tokens of our gratitude and love? Come, brethren and sisters …