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Little Ones
Our Children Are A Treasure From God!
Luke 18:16
But Jesus called them unto him, and
said, Suffer little children to come unto
me, and forbid them not: for of such is
the kingdom of God.
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should
go: and when he is old, he will not
depart from it.
Psalms 127:3,4
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD:
and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty
man; so are children of the youth.
Psalms 127:5
Happy is the man that hath his
quiver full of them:
Hebrews 12:5
And ye have forgotten the exhortation
which speaketh unto you as unto
children, My son, despise not thou the
chastening of the Lord, nor faint when
thou art rebuked of him:
Child Guidance PG 271
Child Guidance PG 496
The More Indulgence, the
Harder the Management.
Parents, make home happy
for your children. By this I do
not mean that you are to indulge them.
The more they are indulged, the harder
they will be to manage, and the more
difficult it will be for them to live true,
noble lives when they go out into the
world. If you allow them to do as they
please, their purity and loveliness of
character will quickly fade. Teach
them to obey. Let them see that your
authority must be respected. This may
seem to bring them a little unhappiness
now, but it will save them from much
unhappiness in the future.
Make Religious Instruction Pleasant.
Religious instruction should be given
to children from their earliest years. It
should be given, not in a condemnatory
spirit, but in a cheerful, happy spirit.
Mothers need to be on the watch
constantly, lest temptation shall come
to the children in such a form as not to
be recognized by them. The parents
are to guard their children with wise,
pleasant instruction. As the very best
friends of these inexperienced ones,
they should help them in the work
of overcoming, for it means every-
thing to them to be victorious. They
should consider that their own dear
children who are seeking to do right
are younger members of the Lord’s
family, and they should feel an
intense interest in helping them to
make straight paths in the King’s
highway of obedience. With loving
interest they should teach them day
by day what it means to be children
of God and to yield the will in
obedience to Him. Teach them that
obedience to God involves obedience
to their parents. This must be a daily,
hourly work. Parents, watch, watch
and pray, and make your children
your companions.
The Signs of the Times
January 5,1882
By their neglect to exercise proper
restraint, many parents are creating
great unhappiness for their children.
The youth who are left to constantly
seek for pleasure in amusement or
selfish gratification are not happy,
and never can be happy while
following this course. Fathers and
mothers, teach your children that
the only way to be truly happy is to
love and fear God; and enforce the
lesson by your example. Let them
see that the peace of Christ is ruling
in your heart, and that his love
pervades your life. Practical religion
is the need of the present hour. You
cannot teach this to your children
unless you possess it yourselves.
Advent Review and Sabbath Herald
February 23, 1892
Mothers, you should begin to discipline
your child when it is a babe in your arms.
Through childhood to youth, through youth
to manhood, you should train your children
for the family above. God does not desire
you to take up your time in adorning your
garments and decorating your homes, to
the neglect of the education of your children.
You should take your children out into the
gardens, and show them the beautiful flowers
that God has made. God is the great master
artist, and the pictures which are painted by
human artists and admired by the world, are
only feeble imitations of the works of God.
God daily works miracles before us in the
unfolding of the blossoms; for no human
hand can paint such delicate hues, or fashion
such graceful plants. All this speaks of the
work of the divine Artist, and each flower
is an expression of the love of God to us.
God has designed to make us happy. He
has covered the earth with the beautiful
green verdure; for he knew that this color
would be grateful to our senses. Each
beautiful thing in nature is a token of
God’s love and care. So take your children
out into the open air beneath the canopy
of the heavens, under the noble trees, into
the gardens, and point them through nature
up to nature’s God. Carry their minds up to
contemplate the works of God in nature
that they may learn to love him in their
childhood and youth. Do not weary them
with long prayers and tedious exhortations,
but teach them to be obedient to the law of
God. Teach them to be kind and courteous,
tell them that if they are rude and unlovely
in disposition, they cannot enter into the
kingdom of heaven where all is peace and
love. We are here to be trained for the
family above.
The Signs of the Times January 7,1903
By a faithful discharge of duty you
may make this a happy year for your
children. Home should be to them the
most attractive place on earth; and it
may be made such by kind words
and deeds, and, underlying all, a
steadfast adherence to the right.
Fathers and mothers, teach your
children that the only way to be truly
happy is to love and fear God; and
emphasize this lesson by your example.
Let the children see that the peace of
Christ rules in your hearts, and that
His love controls your lives.
The Signs of the Times June 6,1878
Children who are Christians will prefer
the love and approbation of their God-
fearing parents above every earthly blessing.
They will love and honor their parents.
This should be one of the principal studies
of their lives, How can I make my parents
happy? Children who have not been
disciplined and received right instruction,
have but little sense of their obligations to
their parents. It is often the case that the
more their parents do for them the more
ungrateful they are, and the less they respect
them. Children that have been petted and
waited upon, always expect it; and if their
expectations are not met, they are
disappointed and discouraged.
This same disposition will be seen
through their whole lives, and they will
be helpless, leaning upon others for aid,
expecting others to favor them and
yield to them. And if they are opposed,
even after grown to manhood and
womanhood, they think themselves
abused; and thus they worry their way
through the world, hardly able to bear
their own weight, often murmuring and
fretting because everything does not suit
them. Much sin results from idleness.
Active hands and minds do not find time
to heed every temptation the enemy
suggests; but idle hands and brains are
all ready for Satan to control, and parents
should teach their children that idleness
is sin.
Atlantic Union Gleaner May 14, 1902
Mothers, make the education of your
children the highest aim of life. Their
future happiness depends upon the
education they receive in their early
years. Do not send them away from
you to school when they are young.
If your habits and dress are as simple
as they should be, you will find ample
time to make your children happy,
and to lead them to obey you. God
will help you to teach them how to
submit cheerfully and willingly. Take
up your duties, inspired by the noble
resolve to do your work faithfully and
well. Do not become discouraged. In
due time you will reap if you faint not.
You will see your children growing up
into Christian men and Christian women.
Advent Review and Sabbath Herald
July 12,1892
Parents, your first work for your
children should be to teach them that
God will not accept superficial work.
Teach them concerning the great
sacrifice that Jesus has made in their
behalf, in order that they might be
happy in the mansions which he has
gone to prepare for those who love
him. Satan is at work to ruin our
youth in every institution that we
have, by leading them to do superficial
work. O that we all might understand
that we cannot afford to do surface
work; for it will entail upon us loss in
this life and in that which is to come.
Paul instructed Timothy in that in
which all our youth should be instructed.
He said: “Study to show thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth not to
be ashamed.” “Thou therefore, my son, be
strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
And the things that thou hast heard of me
among many witnesses, the same commit
thou to faithful men, who shall be able to
teach others also. Thou therefore endure
hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.”
Fundamentals of Christian Education PG 156
Christian parents, take up your life
burden, and think candidly of the
sacred obligations that rest upon you.
Make the word of God your standard,
instead of following the fashions and
customs of the world, the lust of the
eye, and the pride of life. The future
happiness of your families and the
welfare of society depend largely
upon the physical and moral education
which your children receive in the
first years of their life.