Keep the soil of the heart mellow by the manifestation of love and affection, thus preparing it for the seed of truth. Remember that the Lord gives the earth not only clouds and rain, but the beautiful, smiling sunshine, causing the seed to germinate and the blossom to appear. Remember that children need not only reproof and correction, but encouragement and commendation, the pleasant sunshine of kind words.
You must not have strife in your household. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. Tender Ties That Bind —The family tie is the closest, the most tender and sacred, of any on earth.
It was designed to be a blessing to mankind. And it is a blessing wherever the marriage covenant is entered into intelligently, in the fear of God, and with due consideration for its responsibilities. Every home should be a place of love, a place where the angels of God abide, working with softening, subduing influence upon the hearts of parents and children. Our homes must be made a Bethel, our hearts a shrine.
Wherever the love of God is cherished in the soul, there will be peace, there will be light and joy. Christ's Presence Makes a Home Christian —The home that is beautified by love, sympathy, and tenderness is a place that angels love to visit, and where God is glorified. The influence of a carefully guarded Christian home in the years of childhood and youth is the surest safeguard against the corruptions of the world.
In the atmosphere of such a home the children will learn to love both their earthly parents and their heavenly Father. From their infancy the youth need to have a firm barrier built up between them and the world, that its corrupting influence may not affect them. Every Christian family should illustrate to the world the power and excellence of Christian influence Parents should realize their accountability to keep their homes free from every taint of moral evil.
Holiness to God is to pervade the home Parents and children are to educate themselves to co-operate with God. They are to bring their habits and practices into harmony with God's plans.
The family relationship should be sanctifying in its influence. Christian homes, established and conducted in accordance with God's plan, are a wonderful help in forming Christian character Parents and children should unite in offering loving service to Him who alone can keep human love pure and noble.
The first work to be done in a Christian home is to see that the Spirit of Christ abides there, that every member of the household may be able to take his cross and follow where Jesus leads the way.
No translate. Books for Children Are Recommended —There are many who have not books and publications upon present truth. Here is a large field where money can be safely invested. There are large numbers of little ones who should be supplied with reading. As the principles set forth in this connection are applicable today, these specific references are left in the article. The many trifles usually spent on candies and useless toys may be treasured up with which to buy these volumes Let those who wish to make valuable presents to their children, grandchildren, nephews, and nieces procure for them the children's books mentioned above.
God is giving light from heaven, and not a family should be without it. Let the presents you shall make be of that order which will shed beams of light upon the pathway to heaven.
Jesus Not to Be Forgotten —Brethren and sisters, while you are devising gifts for one another, I would remind you of our heavenly Friend, lest you should be unmindful of His claims. Will He not be pleased if we show that we have not forgotten Him? Jesus, the Prince of life, gave all to bring salvation within our reach He suffered even unto death, that He might give us eternal life.
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, come with your children, even the babes in your arms, and bring your offerings to God according to your ability. Make melody to Him in your hearts, and let His praise be upon your lips. Christmas—a Time to Honor God —By the world the holidays are spent in frivolity and extravagance, gluttony and display Thousands of dollars will be worse than thrown away upon the coming Christmas and New Year's in needless indulgences.
But it is our privilege to depart from the customs and practices of this degenerate age; and instead of expending means merely for the gratification of the appetite or for needless ornaments or articles of clothing, we may make the coming holidays an occasion in which to honor and glorify God. Christ should be the supreme object; but as Christmas has been observed, the glory is turned from Him to mortal man, whose sinful, defective character made it necessary for Him to come to our world.
Jesus, the Majesty of heaven, the royal King of heaven, laid aside His royalty, left His throne of glory, His high command, and came into our world to bring to fallen man, weakened in moral power and corrupted by sin, aid divine Parents should keep these things before their children and instruct them, line upon line, precept upon precept, in their obligation to God—not their obligation to each other, to honor and glorify one another by gifts and offerings.
Turn Thoughts of the Children Into a New Channel —There are many things which can be devised with taste and cost far less than the unnecessary presents that are so frequently bestowed upon our children and relatives, and thus courtesy can be shown and happiness brought into the home.
You can teach your children a lesson while you explain to them the reason why you have made a change in the value of their presents, telling them that you are convinced that you have hitherto considered their pleasure more than the glory of God.
Tell them that you have thought more of your own pleasure and of their gratification and of keeping in harmony with the customs and traditions of the world, in making presents to those who did not need them, than you have of advancing the cause of God.
Like the wise men of old, you may offer to God your best gifts and show by your offerings to Him that you appreciate His Gift to a sinful world. To this end this Volume— The Adventist Home —has been prepared and, as a part of the Christian home library, is now sent forth on its important mission by the publishers and AH 6. The Trustees of the. Washington, D. May 8, The Adventist Home Study Guide. A complete chapter by chapter guide with questions to aid in your reading and understanding of the book.
No translate. The Adventist Home Foreword The Adventist home is a home where Seventh-day Adventist standards and practices are lived and taught, a place to which Seventh-day Adventist fathers and mothers are commissioned by Christ to go and make Christians of the members of their own households.
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