From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Jan 1 11:00:12 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 14:00:12 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 1 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The elevation or deterioration of the future of society will be determined by the manners and morals of the youth growing up around us. Adventist Home, p. 15 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Jan 2 06:14:46 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 09:14:46 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 2 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: As the youth are educated, and as their characters are molded in their childhood to virtuous habits, self-control, and temperance, so will their influence be upon society. If they are left unenlightened and uncontrolled, and as the result become self-willed, intemperate in appetite and passion, so will be their future influence in molding society. Adventist Home, p. 15 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Jan 3 05:49:00 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 08:49:00 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 3 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Home should be made all that the word implies. It should be a little heaven upon earth, a place where the affections are cultivated instead of being studiously repressed. Our happiness depends upon this cultivation of love, sympathy, and true courtesy to one another. Adventist Home, p. 15 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Jan 4 14:18:25 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 17:18:25 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 4 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: To a large extent parents create the atmosphere of the home circle, and when there is disagreement between father and mother, the children partake of the same spirit. Adventist Home, p. 16 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Jan 5 12:29:26 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 15:29:26 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 5 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: God would have our families symbols of the family in heaven. Let parents and children bear this in mind every day, relating themselves to one another as members of the family of God. Adventist Home, p. 17 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Jan 6 06:07:03 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 09:07:03 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 6 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Troubles may invade, but these are the lot of humanity. Let patience, gratitude, and love keep sunshine in the heart though the day may be ever so cloudy. Adventist Home, p. 18 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Jan 7 06:37:52 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 09:37:52 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 7 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: 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. Adventist Home, p. 19 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Jan 8 06:42:22 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 09:42:22 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 8 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Cleanliness, neatness, and order are indispensable to the proper management of the household. But when the mother makes these the all-important duties of her life, and devotes herself to them, to the neglect of the physical development and the mental and moral training of her children, she makes a sad mistake. Adventist Home, p. 21 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Jan 10 05:26:48 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:26:48 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 9 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: While we are to guard against needless adornment and display, we are in no case to be careless and indifferent in regard to outward appearance. Adventist Home, p. 22 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Jan 10 05:29:49 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:29:49 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 10 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: A wife and mother cannot make home agreeable and happy unless she possesses a love for order, preserves her dignity, and has good government; therefore all who fail on these points should begin at once to educate themselves in this direction, and cultivate the very things wherein is their greatest lack. Adventist Home, p. 23 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Jan 11 06:20:22 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:20:22 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 11 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: God celebrated the first marriage. Thus the institution has for its originator the Creator of the universe. "Marriage is honourable"; it was one of the first gifts of God to man. Adventist Home, pp. 25, 26 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Jan 12 05:22:33 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Darryl Thompson) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 05:22:33 -0800 Subject: Thought for January 12 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Fathers and mothers who make God first in their households, who teach their children that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, glorify God before angels and before men by presenting to the world a well-ordered, well-disciplined family. Adventist Home, p. 27 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Jan 13 06:14:35 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:14:35 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 13 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Angels delight in a home where God reigns supreme and the children are taught to reverence religion, the Bible, and their Creator. Adventist Home, p. 28 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Jan 14 07:11:13 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:11:13 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 14 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The home in which the members are polite, courteous Christians exerts a far-reaching influence for good. Adventist Home, p. 31 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Jan 15 07:01:18 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:01:18 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 15 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The greatest evidence of the power of Christianity that can be presented to the world is a well-ordered, well-disciplined family. This will recommend the truth as nothing else can, for it is a living witness of its practical power upon the heart. Adventist Home p. 32 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Jan 16 05:47:37 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:47:37 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 16 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The influence of an ill-regulated family is widespread, and disastrous to all society. It accumulates in a tide of evil that affects families, communities, and governments. Adventist Home, p. 33 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Jan 17 06:10:10 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:10:10 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 17 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Our work for Christ is to begin with the family, in the home. . . . There is no missionary field more important than this. Adventist Home, p. 35 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Jan 18 04:05:34 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:05:34 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 18 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We need more sunshiny parents and more sunshiny Christians. We are too much shut up within ourselves. Too often the kindly, encouraging word, the cheery smile, are withheld from our children and from the oppressed and discouraged. Adventist Home, p. 37 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Jan 19 04:16:33 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:16:33 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 19 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: When religion is manifested in the home, its influence will be felt in the church and in the neighborhood. But some who profess to be Christians talk with their neighbors concerning their home difficulties. Adventist Home, p. 38 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Jan 20 05:55:58 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:55:58 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 20 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: He who lives Christianity in the home will be a bright and shining light everywhere. Adventist Home, p. 39 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Jan 21 10:28:19 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:28:19 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 21 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If those who are contemplating marriage would not have miserable, unhappy reflections after marriage, they must make it a subject of serious, earnest reflection now. This step taken unwisely is one of the most effective means of ruining the usefulness of young men and women. Life becomes a burden, a curse. No one can so effectually ruin a woman's happiness and usefulness, and make life a heartsickening burden, as her own husband; and no one can do one hundredth part as much to chill the hopes and aspirations of a man, to paralyze his energies and ruin his influence and prospects, as his own wife. It is from the marriage hour that many men and women date their success or failure in this life, and their hopes of the future life. Adventist Home, p. 43 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Jan 22 09:36:05 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:36:05 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 22 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Those who are contemplating marriage should consider what will be the character and influence of the home they are founding. As they become parents, a sacred trust is committed to them. Upon them depends in a great measure the well-being of their children in this world, and their happiness in the world to come. Adventist Home, p. 44 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Jan 23 06:23:10 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:23:10 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 23 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Weigh every sentiment, and watch every development of character in the one with whom you think to link your life destiny. The step you are about to take is one of the most important in your life, and should not be taken hastily. While you may love, do not love blindly. Adventist Home, p. 45 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Jan 24 05:59:42 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:59:42 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 24 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Marriages that are impulsive and selfishly planned generally do not result well, but often turn out miserable failures. Adventist Home, p. 48 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Jan 25 05:51:17 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:51:17 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 25 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Let every step toward a marriage alliance be characterized by modesty, simplicity, sincerity, and an earnest purpose to please and honor God. Marriage affects the afterlife both in this world and in the world to come. A sincere Christian will make no plans that God cannot approve. Adventist Home, p. 49 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Jan 26 06:19:12 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:19:12 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 26 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Love is a precious gift, which we receive from Jesus. Pure and holy affection is not a feeling, but a principle. Adventist Home, p. 50 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Jan 27 05:26:21 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:26:21 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 27 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. On the contrary, it is calm and deep in its nature. It looks beyond mere externals, and is attracted by qualities alone. It is wise and discriminating, and its devotion is real and abiding. Adventist Home, p.51 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Jan 28 09:30:25 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:30:25 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 28 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Love, lifted out of the realm of passion and impulse, becomes spiritualized, and is revealed in words and acts. A Christian must have a sanctified tenderness and love in which there is no impatience of fretfulness; the rude, harsh manners must be softened by the grace of Christ. Adventist Home, p.51 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Jan 29 05:39:44 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:39:44 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 29 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: It is only in Christ that a marriage alliance can be safely formed. Human love should draw its closest bonds from divine love. Only where Christ reigns can there be deep, true, unselfish affection. Adventist Home, p. 68 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Jan 30 06:03:44 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:03:44 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 30 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Instituted by God, marriage is a sacred ordinance and should never be entered upon in a spirit of selfishness. Adventist Home, p. 70 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Feb 1 05:54:37 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 08:54:37 -0500 Subject: Thought for January 31 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Many are sailing in a dangerous harbor. They need a pilot; but they scorn to accept the much-needed help, feeling that they are competent to guide their own bark, and not realizing that it is about to strike a hidden rock that may cause them to make shipwreck of faith and happiness. . . . Unless they are diligent students of that word [the Bible], they will make grave mistakes which will mar their happiness and that of others, both for the present and the future life. Adventist Home, p. 70 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Feb 1 05:56:52 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 08:56:52 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 1 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The majority of the marriages of our time and the way in which they are conducted make them one of the signs of the last days. Men and women are so persistent, so headstrong, that God is left out of the question. Religion is laid aside, as if it had no part to act in this solemn and important matter. Adventist Home, p. 71 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Feb 2 07:00:13 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:00:13 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 2 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: If children would be more familiar with their parents, if they would confide in them and unburden to them their joys and sorrows, they would save themselves many a future heartache. Adventist Home, p. 73 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Feb 3 06:13:14 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 09:13:14 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 3 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Fathers and mothers should feel that a duty devolves upon them to guide the affections of the youth, that they may be placed upon those who will be suitable companions. ... Let the love for truth and purity and goodness be early implanted in the soul, and the youth will seek the society of those who possess these characteristics. {AH 74.1} From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Feb 4 10:49:07 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 13:49:07 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 4 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A youth not out of his teens is a poor judge of the fitness of a person as young as himself to be his companion for life. After their judgment has become more matured, they view themselves bound for life to each other and perhaps not at all calculated to make each other happy. Adventist Home, p. 79 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Feb 5 05:38:21 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 08:38:21 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 5 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: In many families there is not that Christian politeness, that true courtesy, deference, and respect for one another that would prepare its members to marry and make happy families of their own. In the place of patience, kindness, tender courtesy, and Christian sympathy and love, there are sharp words, clashing ideas, and a criticizing, dictatorial spirit. Adventist Home, p. 83 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Feb 6 06:31:24 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 09:31:24 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 6 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: It is the right of every daughter of Eve to have a thorough knowledge of household duties, to receive training in every department of domestic labor. Every young lady should be so educated that if called to fill the position of wife and mother, she may preside as a queen in her own domain. Adventist Home, p. 87 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Feb 7 06:55:51 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 09:55:51 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 8 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Passing over other honorable employments, every girl should learn to take charge of the domestic affairs of home, should be a cook, a housekeeper, a seamstress. She should understand all those things which it is necessary that the mistress of a house should know, whether her family are rich or poor. Then, if reverses come, she is prepared for any emergency; she is, in a manner, independent of circumstances. Adventist Home, p. 91 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Feb 8 05:08:32 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 08:08:32 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 8 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hearts that are filled with the love of Christ can never get very far apart. Religion is love, and a Christian home is one where love reigns and finds expression in words and acts of thoughtful kindness and gentle courtesy. Adventist Home, p. 94 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Feb 9 06:15:32 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 09:15:32 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 9 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Men and women may reach a high standard, if they will but acknowledge Christ as their personal Saviour. Watch and pray, making a surrender of all to God. Adventist Home, p. 96 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Feb 10 05:19:28 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:19:28 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 10 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: God made from the man a woman, to be a companion and helpmeet for him, to be one with him, to cheer, encourage, and bless him, he in his turn to be her strong helper. All who enter into matrimonial relations with a holy purpose--the husband to obtain the pure affections of a woman's heart, the wife to soften and improve her husband's character and give it completeness--fulfill God's purpose for them. Adventist Home, p. 99 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Feb 11 09:10:28 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:10:28 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 11 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: God wants the home to be the happiest place on earth, the very symbol of the home in heaven. Bearing the marriage responsibilities in the home, linking their interests with Jesus Christ, leaning upon His arm and His assurance, husband and wife may share a happiness in this union that angels of God commend. Adventist Home, p. 102 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Feb 12 10:19:42 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:19:42 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 12 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Be as true as steel to your marriage vows, refusing, in thought, word, or deed, to spoil your record as a man who fears God and obeys His commandments. Adventist Home, p. 104 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Feb 13 10:16:38 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:16:38 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 13 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: To gain a proper understanding of the marriage relation is the work of a lifetime. Those who marry enter a school from which they are never in this life to be graduated. Adventist Home, p. 105 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Feb 14 04:58:01 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:58:01 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 14 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Though difficulties, perplexities, and discouragements may arise, let neither husband nor wife harbor the thought that their union is a mistake or a disappointment. ... Continue the early attentions. In every way encourage each other in fighting the battles of life. Study to advance the happiness of each other. Let there be mutual love, mutual forbearance. Then marriage, instead of being the end of love, will be as it were the very beginning of love. The warmth of true friendship, the love that binds heart to heart, is a foretaste of the joys of heaven. Adventist Home, p. 106 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Feb 15 14:00:53 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:00:53 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 15 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Love cannot long exist without expression. Let not the heart of one connected with you starve for the want of kindness and sympathy. . . . Adventist Home, p. 107 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Feb 16 05:04:39 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:04:39 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 16 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: God tests and proves us by the common occurrences of life. It is the little things which reveal the chapters of the heart. It is the little attentions, the numerous small incidents and simple courtesies of life, that make up the sum of life's happiness; and it is the neglect of kindly, encouraging, affectionate words, and the little courtesies of life, which helps compose the sum of life's wretchedness. Adventist Home, p. 108 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Feb 17 05:36:59 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:36:59 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 17 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A house with love in it, where love is expressed in words and looks and deeds, is a place where angels love to manifest their presence and hallow the scene by rays of light from glory. Adventist Home, p. 109 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Feb 18 07:53:58 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 10:53:58 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 18 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Instead of sinking into a mere household drudge, let the wife and mother take time to read, to keep herself well informed, to be a companion to her husband, and to keep in touch with the developing minds of her children. Let her use wisely the opportunities now hers to influence her dear ones for the higher life. Let her take time to make the dear Saviour a daily Companion and familiar Friend. Let her take time for the study of His word, take time to go with the children into the fields and learn of God through the beauty of His works. Adventist Home, p. 110 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Feb 19 10:04:01 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:04:01 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 19 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Love can no more exist without revealing itself in outward acts than fire can be kept alive without fuel. You, Brother C, have felt that it was beneath your dignity to manifest tenderness by kindly acts and to watch for an opportunity to evince affection for your wife by words of tenderness and kind regard. You are changeable in your feelings and are very much affected by surrounding circumstances. . . . Leave your business cares and perplexities and annoyances when you leave your business. Come to your family with a cheerful countenance, with sympathy, tenderness, and love. Adventist Home, p. 111 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Feb 20 04:14:46 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:14:46 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 20 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Men and women can reach God's ideal for them if they will take Christ as their helper. What human wisdom cannot do, His grace will accomplish for those who give themselves to Him in loving trust. Adventist Home, p. 112 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Feb 21 05:56:04 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:56:04 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 21 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The wife is to respect her husband. The husband is to love and cherish his wife; and as their marriage vow unites them as one, so their belief in Christ should make them one in Him. Adventist Home, p. 114 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Feb 22 07:02:02 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:02:02 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 22 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: We must have the Spirit of God, or we can never have harmony in the home. The wife, if she has the spirit of Christ, will be careful of her words; she will control her spirit, she will be submissive, and yet will not feel that she is a bondslave, but a companion to her husband. If the husband is a servant of God, he will not lord it over his wife; he will not be arbitrary and exacting. We cannot cherish home affection with too much care; for the home, if the Spirit of the Lord dwells there, is a type of heaven. . . . If one errs, the other will exercise Christlike forbearance and not draw coldly away. Adventist Home, p. 118 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Feb 23 07:01:34 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:01:34 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 23 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If the will of God is fulfilled, the husband and wife will respect each other and cultivate love and confidence. Anything that would mar the peace and unity of the family should be firmly repressed, and kindness and love should be cherished. He who manifests the spirit of tenderness, forbearance, and love will find that the same spirit will be reflected upon him. Where the Spirit of God reigns, there will be no talk of unsuitability in the marriage relation. Adventist Home, p. 120 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Feb 24 05:27:45 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:27:45 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 24 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Those who regard the marriage relation as one of God's sacred ordinances, guarded by His holy precept, will be controlled by the dictates of reason. Jesus did not enforce celibacy upon any class of men. He came not to destroy the sacred relationship of marriage, but to exalt it and restore it to its original sanctity. He looks with pleasure upon the family relationship where sacred and unselfish love bears sway. Adventist Home, p. 121 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Feb 25 07:54:51 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:54:51 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 25 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Satan seeks to lower the standard of purity and to weaken the self-control of those who enter the marriage relation, because he knows that while the baser passions are in the ascendancy, the moral powers grow steadily weaker, and he need have no concern as to their spiritual growth. Adventist Home, p. 124 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Feb 26 04:49:06 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:49:06 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 26 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Husbands should be careful, attentive, constant, faithful, and compassionate. They should manifest love and sympathy.... When the husband has the nobility of character, purity of heart, elevation of mind that every true Christian must possess, it will be made manifest in the marriage relation. Adventist Home, p. 125 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Feb 27 04:11:03 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:11:03 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 27 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In choosing a home [location], God would have us consider, first of all, the moral and religious influences that will surround us and our families. Adventist Home, p. 131 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Feb 28 12:51:49 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:51:49 -0500 Subject: Thought for February 28 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Jesus came to this earth to accomplish the greatest work ever accomplished among men. He came as God's ambassador, to show us how to live so as to secure life's best results. Adventist Home, p. 131 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Mar 1 07:11:43 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 10:11:43 -0500 Subject: Thought for March 1 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Instead of dwelling where only the works of men can be seen, where the sights and sounds frequently suggest thoughts of evil, where turmoil and confusion bring weariness and disquietude, go where you can look upon the works of God. Find rest of spirit in the beauty and quietude and peace of nature. Let the eye rest on the green fields, the groves, and the hills. Look up to the blue sky, unobscured by the city's dust and smoke, and breathe the invigorating air of heaven. Adventist Home, pp. 131, 132. From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Mar 2 13:45:46 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 16:45:46 -0500 Subject: Thought for March 2 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Life in the cities is false and artificial. The intense passion for money getting, the whirl of excitement and pleasure seeking, the thirst for display, the luxury and extravagance--all are forces that, with the great masses of mankind, are turning the mind from life's true purpose. Adventist Home, p. 135 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Mar 3 05:16:51 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 08:16:51 -0500 Subject: Thought for March 3 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Let it be your study to select and make your homes as far from Sodom and Gomorrah as you can. Keep out of the large cities. If possible make your homes in the quiet retirement of the country, even if you can never become wealthy by so doing. Locate where there is the best influence. Adventist Home, p. 139 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Mar 4 09:12:30 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 12:12:30 -0500 Subject: Thought for March 4 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Whenever possible, it is the duty of parents to make homes in the country for their children. Fathers and mothers who possess a piece of land and a comfortable home are kings and queens. Adventist Home, p. 141 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Mar 5 08:18:00 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 11:18:00 -0500 Subject: Thought for March 5 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The constant contact with the mystery of life and the loveliness of nature, as well as the tenderness called forth in ministering to these beautiful objects of God's creation, tends to quicken the mind and refine and elevate the character. Adventist Home, p. 143 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Mar 6 08:58:47 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 11:58:47 -0500 Subject: Thought for March 6 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The Great Teacher brought His hearers in contact with nature, that they might listen to the voice which speaks in all created things; and as their hearts became tender and their minds receptive, He helped them to interpret the spiritual teaching of the scenes upon which their eyes rested. . . . In His lessons there was something to interest every mind, to appeal to every heart. Adventist Home, pp. 144, 145 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Mar 7 04:03:24 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 07:03:24 -0500 Subject: Thought for March 7 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Let the children learn to see in nature an expression of the love and the wisdom of God;... As they learn thus to study the lessons in all created things and in all life's experiences, show that the same laws which govern the things of nature and the events of life are to control us, that they are given for our good, and that only in obedience to them can we find true happiness and success. Adventist Home, p. 145 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Mar 8 06:24:17 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:24:17 -0500 Subject: Thought for March 8 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The family here must, as far as possible, be a model of the one in heaven. Then temptations to indulge in what is low and groveling will lose much of their force. Children should be taught that they are only probationers here, and educated to become inhabitants of the mansions which Christ is preparing for those who love Him and keep His commandments. This is the highest duty which parents have to perform. Adventist Home, p. 146 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Mar 9 04:28:45 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Darryl Thompson) Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 04:28:45 -0800 Subject: Thought for March 9 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In the construction of buildings, whether for public purposes or as dwellings, care should be taken to provide for good ventilation and plenty of sunlight. Churches and schoolrooms are often faulty in this respect. Neglect of proper ventilation is responsible for much of the drowsiness and dullness that destroy the effect of many a sermon and make the teacher's work toilsome and ineffective. Adventist Home, p. 148 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Mar 10 05:59:23 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:59:23 -0500 Subject: Thought for March 10 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If we would have our homes the abiding place of health and happiness, we must place them above the miasma and fog of the lowlands and give free entrance to heaven's life-giving agencies. Adventist Home, p. 149 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Mar 11 10:44:27 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:44:27 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 11 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Our artificial habits deprive us of many blessings and much enjoyment, and unfit us for living the most useful lives. Adventist Home, p. 150 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Mar 12 05:30:43 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:30:43 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 12 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: People crave what are called the luxuries of life, and sacrifice health, strength, and means to obtain them. Adventist Home, p. 151 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Mar 13 06:17:10 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:17:10 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 13 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Neatness and order are essential to comfort, but these virtues should not be carried to such an extreme as to make life a period of unceasing drudgery and to render the inmates of the home miserable. Adventist Home, p. 152 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Mar 14 07:25:36 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:25:36 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 14 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Whether the home be humble or elegant, its appointments costly or the reverse, there will be no happiness within its walls unless the spirit of its inmates is in harmony with the divine will. Adventist Home, p. 154 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Mar 15 06:08:48 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:08:48 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 15 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Four walls and costly furniture, velvet carpets, elegant mirrors, and fine pictures do not make a "home" if sympathy and love are wanting. Adventist Home, p. 155 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Mar 16 04:05:48 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:05:48 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 16 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Children are the heritage of the Lord, and we are answerable to Him for our management of His property. . . . In love, faith, and prayer let parents work for their households, until with joy they can come to God saying, "Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me." Adventist Home, p. 159 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Mar 17 06:08:33 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:08:33 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 17 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The sympathy, forbearance, and love required in dealing with children would be a blessing in any household. They would soften and subdue set traits of character in those who need to be more cheerful and restful. The presence of a child in a home sweetens and refines. A child brought up in the fear of the Lord is a blessing. Adventist Home p. 160 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Mar 18 07:08:32 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:08:32 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 18 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Children are committed to their parents as a precious trust, which God will one day require at their hands. We should give to their training more time, more care, and more prayer. Adventist Home, p. 161 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Mar 19 15:04:26 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Darryl Thompson) Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:04:26 -0800 Subject: Thought for March 19 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The physical and mental condition of the parents is perpetuated in their offspring. This is a matter that is not duly considered. Wherever the habits of the parents are contrary to physical law, the injury done to themselves will be repeated in the future generations. Adventist Home, p. 172 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Mar 20 05:33:58 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:33:58 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 20 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Fathers and mothers may study their own character in their children. They may often read humiliating lessons as they see their own imperfections reproduced in their sons and daughters. While seeking to repress and correct in their children hereditary tendencies to evil, parents should call to their aid double patience, perseverance, and love. Adventist Home, p. 173 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Mar 21 06:02:58 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:02:58 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 21 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Manifest the meekness and gentleness of Christ in dealing with the wayward little ones. Always bear in mind that they have received their perversity as an inheritance from the father or mother. Then bear with the children who have inherited your own trait of character. Adventist Home, p. 174 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Mar 22 10:45:39 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:45:39 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 22 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Parents must trust implicitly in the power of Christ to transform the tendencies to wrong which have been transmitted to their children. Have patience, fathers and mothers. Often your past neglect will make your work hard. But God will give you strength if you will trust in Him. Deal wisely and tenderly with your children. Adventist Home, p. 174 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Mar 23 04:22:26 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:22:26 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 23 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There is a sacred circle around every family which should be preserved. No other one has any right in that sacred circle. The husband and wife should be all to each other. The wife should have no secrets to keep from her husband and let others know, and the husband should have no secrets to keep from his wife to relate to others. Adventist Home, p. 177 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Mar 24 14:55:48 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:55:48 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 24 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Parents should be careful not to allow the spirit of dissension to creep into the home; for this is one of Satan's agents to make his impression on the character. If parents will strive for unity in the home by inculcating the principles that governed the life of Christ, dissension will be driven out, and unity and love will abide there. Adventist Home, p. 178 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Mar 27 04:05:45 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:05:45 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 27 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Every member of the family should realize that a responsibility rests upon him individually to do his part in adding to the comfort, order, and regularity of the family. One should not work against another. All should unitedly engage in the good work of encouraging one another; they should exercise gentleness, forbearance, and patience; speak in low, calm tones, shunning confusion. Adventist Home, p. 179 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Mar 28 06:58:03 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:58:03 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 28 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I must grow in grace at home and wherever I may be, in order to give moral power to all my actions. At home I must guard my spirit, my actions, my words. I must give time to personal culture, to training and educating myself in right principles. I must be an example to others. I must meditate upon the word of God night and day and bring it into my practical life. The sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, is the only sword which I can safely use. Adventist Home, p. 180 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Mar 29 08:11:24 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:11:24 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 29 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In the divine plan of education..., Christ stands as the representative of the Father, the connecting link between God and man; He is the great teacher of mankind. And He ordained that men and women should be His representatives. The family was the school, and the parents were the teachers. Adventist Home, p. 181 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Mar 30 08:37:03 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:37:03 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 30 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In His wisdom the Lord has decreed that the family shall be the greatest of all educational agencies. It is in the home that the education of the child is to begin. Here is his first school. Here, with his parents as instructors, he is to learn the lessons that are to guide him throughout life--lessons of respect, obedience, reverence, self-control. Adventist Home, p. 182 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Mar 31 07:32:10 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 10:32:10 -0400 Subject: Thought for March 31 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Parents should not permit business cares, worldly customs and maxims, and fashion to have a controlling power over them, so that they neglect their children in babyhood and fail to give their children proper instruction as they increase in years. Adventist Home, p. 183 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Apr 1 07:16:00 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 10:16:00 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: From the light that God has given me, I know that the husband and the wife are to be in the home minister, physician, nurse, and teacher, binding their children to themselves and to God, training them to avoid every habit that will in any way militate against God's work in the body, and teaching them to care for every part of the living organism. Adventist Home, p. 184 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Apr 2 10:16:52 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:16:52 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 2 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The mother must ever stand pre-eminent in this work of training the children; while grave and important duties rest upon the father, the mother, by almost constant association with her children, especially during their tender years, must always be their special instructor and companion. She should take great care to cultivate neatness and order in her children, to direct them in forming correct habits and tastes; she should train them to be industrious, self-reliant, and helpful to others; to live and act and labor as though always in the sight of God. Adventist Home, pp. 184, 185 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Apr 3 06:59:46 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 09:59:46 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 3 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Teach your children to love truth because it is truth, and because they are to be sanctified through the truth and fitted to stand in the grand review that shall erelong determine whether they are qualified to enter into higher work and become members of the royal family, children of the heavenly King. Adventist Home, p. 186 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Apr 4 09:00:41 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 12:00:41 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 4 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Satan is marshaling his hosts; and are we individually prepared for the fearful conflict that is just before us? Are we preparing our children for the great crisis? Are we preparing ourselves and our households to understand the position of our adversaries and their modes of warfare? Are our children forming habits of decision, that they may be firm and unyielding in every matter of principle and duty? I pray that we all may understand the signs of the times, and that we may so prepare ourselves and our children that in the time of conflict God may be our refuge and defense. Adventist Home, p. 187 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Apr 5 09:30:41 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 12:30:41 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 5 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Parents, you carry responsibilities that no one can bear for you. As long as you live, you are accountable to God to keep His way. . . . Parents who make the word of God their guide, and who realize how much their children depend upon them for the characters they form, will set an example that it will be safe for their children to follow. Adventist Home, p. 187 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Apr 6 05:02:37 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 08:02:37 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 6 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Many who are now bemoaning the waywardness of their children have only themselves to blame. Let these look to their Bibles and see what God enjoins upon them as parents and guardians. Let them take up their long-neglected duties. They need to humble themselves and to repent before God for their neglect to follow His directions in the training of their children. They need to change their own course of action and to follow the Bible strictly and carefully as their guide and counselor. Adventist Home, p. 187 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Apr 7 06:06:20 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 09:06:20 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 7 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In the education of your children lay not the grand truths of the Bible to one side, supposing that the Sabbath school and the minister will do your neglected work. The Bible is not too sacred and sublime to be opened daily and studied diligently. The truths of the word of God are to be brought into contact with the supposed little things of life. If rightly regarded they will brighten the common life, supplying motives for obedience and principles for the formation of a right character. Adventist Home, p. 188 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Apr 8 10:57:40 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 13:57:40 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 8 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Some parents do not understand their children and are not really acquainted with them. There is often a great distance between parents and children. If the parents would enter more fully into the feelings of their children and draw out what is in their hearts, it would have a beneficial influence upon them. Adventist Home, p. 190 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Apr 9 10:51:17 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 13:51:17 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 9 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Children would be saved from many evils if they would be more familiar with their parents. Parents should encourage in their children a disposition to be open and frank with them, to come to them with their difficulties and, when they are perplexed as to what course is right, to lay the matter just as they view it before the parents and ask their advice. Adventist Home, p. 191 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Apr 10 05:26:18 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:26:18 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 10 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Burdened with many cares, mothers sometimes feel that they cannot take time patiently to instruct their little ones and give them love and sympathy. But they should remember that if the children do not find in their parents and in their home that which will satisfy their desire for sympathy and companionship, they will look to other sources, where both mind and character may be endangered. Adventist Home, p. 192 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Apr 11 09:28:22 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:28:22 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 11 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Satan and his host are making most powerful efforts to sway the minds of the children, and they must be treated with candor, Christian tenderness, and love. This will give you a strong influence over them, and they will feel that they can repose unlimited confidence in you. Throw around your children the charms of home and of your society. If you do this, they will not have so much desire for the society of young associates. Adventist Home, p. 193 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Apr 12 05:47:00 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:47:00 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 12 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Home is to be the center of the purest and most elevated affection. Peace, harmony, affection, and happiness should be perseveringly cherished every day, until these precious things abide in the hearts of those who compose the family. Adventist Home, p. 195 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Apr 13 14:06:20 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:06:20 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 13 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Parents, give your children love: love in babyhood, love in childhood, love in youth. Do not give them frowns, but ever keep a sunshiny countenance. Adventist Home, p. 196 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Apr 14 05:48:12 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:48:12 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 14 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Children between babyhood and manhood and womanhood do not generally receive the attention that they should have. Mothers are needed who will so guide their children that they will regard themselves as a part of the family. Let the mother talk with her children regarding their hopes and their perplexities. Let parents remember that their children are to be cared for in preference to strangers. They are to be kept in a sunny atmosphere, under the mother's guidance. Adventist Home, p. 197 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Apr 15 05:22:13 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 08:22:13 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 15 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Never act from impulse in governing children. Let authority and affection be blended. Cherish and cultivate all that is good and lovely, and lead them to desire the higher good by revealing Christ to them. While you deny them those things that would be an injury to them, let them see that you love them and want to make them happy. Adventist Home, p. 198 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Apr 16 07:53:02 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:53:02 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 16 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It is by beholding love in their parents that children are led to obey the fifth commandment and to heed the injunction, "Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right." Adventist Home, p. 199 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue Apr 17 05:49:01 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:49:01 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 17 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Parents, your own home is the first field in which you are called to labor. The precious plants in the home garden demand your first care.... You have before your own door a little plot of ground to care for, and God will hold you responsible for this work which He has left in your hands. Adventist Home, p. 200 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed Apr 18 07:05:15 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thompson, Darryl) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:05:15 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 18 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The prevailing influence in the world is to suffer the youth to follow the natural turn of their own minds. And if very wild in youth, parents say they will come right after a while and, when sixteen or eighteen years of age, will reason for themselves and leave off their wrong habits and become at last useful men and women. What a mistake! For years they permit an enemy to sow the garden of the heart; they suffer wrong principles to grow, and in many cases all the labor afterward bestowed on that soil will avail nothing. Adventist Home, p. 200 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu Apr 26 13:25:39 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:25:39 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 26 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: As you try to make plain the truths of salvation, and point the children to Christ as a personal Saviour, angels will be by your side. Adventist Home, p. 205 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri Apr 27 07:56:16 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:56:16 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 27 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Without human effort divine effort is in vain. Adventist Home, p. 206 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat Apr 28 05:14:41 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:14:41 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 28 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The Lord has constituted the husband the head of the wife to be her protector; he is the house-band of the family, binding the members together, even as Christ is the head of the church and the Saviour of the mystical body. Adventist Home, p. 215 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun Apr 29 06:57:56 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:57:56 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 29 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In life's toilsome way let the husband and father "lead on softly," as the companion of his journey is able to endure. Amidst the world's eager rush for wealth and power, let him learn to stay his steps, to comfort and support the one who is called to walk by his side. Adventist Home, p. 218 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon Apr 30 06:48:21 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:48:21 -0400 Subject: Thought for April 30 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Fathers should unbend from their false dignity, deny themselves some slight self-gratification in time and leisure, in order to mingle with the children, sympathizing with them in their little troubles, binding them to their hearts by the strong bonds of love, and establishing such an influence over their expanding minds that their counsel will be regarded as sacred. Adventist Home, p. 220 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue May 1 06:34:36 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 09:34:36 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Husbands should be careful, attentive, constant, faithful, and compassionate. They should manifest love and sympathy. . . . When the husband has the nobility of character, purity of heart, elevation of mind, that every true Christian must possess, it will be made manifest in the marriage relation. . . . He will seek to keep his wife in health and courage. He will strive to speak words of comfort, to create an atmosphere of peace in the home circle. Adventist Home, p. 228 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed May 2 06:49:09 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 09:49:09 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 2 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Woman should fill the position which God originally designed for her, as her husband's equal.... Her individuality cannot be merged in his. She should feel that she is her husband's equal-- to stand by his side, she faithful at her post of duty and he at his. Adventist Home, p. 231 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu May 3 11:45:59 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 14:45:59 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 3 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Parents are entrusted with the present and eternal interests of their children. They are to hold the reins of government and guide their households to the honor of God. God's law should be their standard, and love should rule in all things. Adventist Home, p. 235 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri May 4 04:22:28 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 07:22:28 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 4 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The world teems with corrupting influences. Fashion and custom exert a strong power over the young. If the mother fails in her duty to instruct, guide, and restrain, her children will naturally accept the evil and turn from the good. Let every mother go often to her Saviour with the prayer, "Teach us, how shall we order the child, and what shall we do unto him?" Let her heed the instruction which God has given in His word, and wisdom will be given her as she shall have need. Adventist Home, p. 237 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat May 5 05:56:31 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 08:56:31 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 5 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Self-denial and the cross are our portion. Will we accept it? None of us need expect that when the last great trials come upon us, a self-sacrificing, patriotic spirit will be developed in a moment because needed. No, indeed, this spirit must be blended with our daily experience and infused into the minds and hearts of our children, both by precept and example. Adventist Home, p. 238 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun May 6 07:03:32 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 10:03:32 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 6 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The mother's influence is an unceasing influence; and if it is always on the side of right, her children's characters will testify to her moral earnestness and worth. Her smile, her encouragement, may be an inspiring force. She may bring sunshine to the heart of her child by a word of love, a smile of approval. Adventist Home, p. 240 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon May 7 09:59:42 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 12:59:42 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 7 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Frequently the patience of the mother is taxed with these numerous little trials that seem scarcely worth attention. Mischievous hands and restless feet create a great amount of labor and perplexity for the mother. She has to hold fast the reins of self-control, or impatient words will slip from her tongue. She almost forgets herself time and again, but a silent prayer to her pitying Redeemer calms her nerves, and she is enabled to hold the reins of self-control with quiet dignity. She speaks with calm voice, but it has cost her an effort to restrain harsh words and subdue angry feelings which, if expressed, would have destroyed her influence, which it would have taken time to regain. Adventist Home, p. 242 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue May 8 08:08:36 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 11:08:36 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 8 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Satan has prepared pleasing attractions for parents as well as for children. He knows that if he can exert his deceptive power upon mothers, he has gained much. The ways of the world are full of deceitfulness and fraud and misery, but they are made to appear inviting; and if the children and youth are not carefully trained and disciplined, they will surely go astray. Having no fixed principles, it will be hard for them to resist temptation. Adventist Home, p. 249 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed May 9 08:00:41 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 11:00:41 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 9 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Order and cleanliness is the law of heaven; and in order to come into harmony with the divine arrangement, it is our duty to be neat and tasty. Adventist Home, p. 254 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu May 10 08:36:42 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 11:36:42 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 10 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Let every mother teach her children that they are members of the family firm and must bear their share of the responsibilities of this firm. Every member of the family should bear these responsibilities as faithfully as church members bear the responsibilities of church relationships. Adventist Home, p. 282 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri May 11 04:33:10 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 07:33:10 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 11 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Parents should awaken to the fact that the most important lesson for their children to learn is that they must act their part in bearing the burdens of the home. . . . Parents should teach their children to take a common-sense view of life, to realize that they are to be useful in the world. Adventist Home, p. 285 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat May 12 06:15:06 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 09:15:06 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 12 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In childhood and youth you may have an experience in the service of God. Do the things that you know to be right. Be obedient to your parents. Listen to their counsels; for if they love and fear God, upon them will be laid the responsibility of educating, disciplining, and training your soul for the immortal life. Thankfully receive the help they want to give you, and make their hearts glad by cheerfully submitting yourselves to the dictates of their wiser judgments. In this way you will honor your parents, glorify God, and become a blessing to those with whom you associate. Adventist Home, pp. 298, 299 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun May 13 08:14:41 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 11:14:41 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 13 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It is difficult for a loving mother to urge her children to help her when she sees they have no heart in the work and will frame any and every excuse to get rid of doing a disagreeable task. Children and youth, Christ is looking upon you, and shall He see you neglecting the trust He has put into your hands? If you want to be useful, the opportunity is yours. Your first duty is to help your mother who has done so much for you. Lift her burdens, give her pleasant days of rest; for she has had few holidays and very little variety in her life. You have claimed all the pleasure and amusement as your right, but the time has come for you to shed sunshine in the home. Take up your duty; go right to work. Through your self-denying devotion give her rest and pleasure. Adventist Home, p. 300 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon May 14 04:15:43 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 07:15:43 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 14 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There is need for constant watching that the principles which lie at the foundation of family government are not disregarded. The Lord designs that the families on earth shall be symbols of the family in heaven. And when earthly families are conducted in right lines, the same sanctification of the Spirit will be brought into the church. Adventist Home, p. 306 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue May 15 08:25:13 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 11:25:13 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 15 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: While we are not to indulge blind affection, neither are we to manifest undue severity. Children cannot be brought to the Lord by force. They can be led, but not driven. Adventist Home, p. 307 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed May 16 06:23:48 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 09:23:48 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 16 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The combined influence of authority and love will make it possible to hold firmly and kindly the reins of family government. An eye single to the glory of God and to what our children owe Him will keep us from looseness and from sanctioning evil. Adventist Home, p. 308 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu May 17 05:48:08 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 08:48:08 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 17 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear brethren, as a church you have sadly neglected your duty toward the children and youth. While rules and restrictions are laid upon them, great care should be taken to show them the Christlike side of your character and not the satanic side. Children need constant watchcare and tender love. Bind them to your hearts, and keep the love as well as the fear of God before them. Fathers and mothers do not control their own spirit and therefore are not fit to govern others. To restrain and caution your children is not all that is required. You have yet to learn to do justly and love mercy, as well as to walk humbly with God. Adventist Home, p. 309 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri May 18 06:31:30 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 09:31:30 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 18 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The father and mother should unite in disciplining their children; each should bear a share of the responsibility, acknowledging themselves under solemn obligations to God to train up their offspring in such a way as to secure to them, as far as possible, good physical health and well-developed characters. Adventist Home, p. 313 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat May 19 07:03:10 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 10:03:10 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 19 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The family firm must be well organized. Together the father and mother must consider their responsibilities, and with a clear comprehension undertake their task. There is to be no variance. The father and mother should never in the presence of their children criticize each other's plans and judgment. Adventist Home, p. 314 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun May 20 16:59:19 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 19:59:19 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 20 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If parents are united in this work of discipline, the child will understand what is required of him. But if the father, by word or look, shows that he does not approve of the discipline the mother gives; if he feels that she is too strict and thinks that he must make up for the harshness by petting and indulgence, the child will be ruined. He will soon learn that he can do as he pleases. Parents who commit this sin against their children are accountable for the ruin of their souls. Adventist Home, p. 315 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon May 21 04:12:31 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 07:12:31 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 21 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The wife may gather to herself burdens which she may suppose to be of greater importance than to help her husband in bearing his portion of responsibility; and the same is true of the husband. Tender ministrations are of value. There is a tendency for the husband to feel free to go out and come into his home more as a boarder than a husband of the family circle. Adventist Home, p. 217 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Tue May 22 05:48:55 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 08:48:55 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 22 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Let the husband aid his wife by his sympathy and unfailing affection. If he wishes to keep her fresh and gladsome, so that she will be as sunshine in the home, let him help her bear her burdens. His kindness and loving courtesy will be to her a precious encouragement, and the happiness he imparts will bring joy and peace to his own heart. Adventist Home, p. 318 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Wed May 23 07:07:56 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 10:07:56 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 23 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: When we have good home religion, we will have excellent meeting religion. Hold the fort at home. Consecrate your family to God, and then speak and act at home as a Christian. Adventist Home, p. 319 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Thu May 24 09:07:04 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 12:07:04 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 24 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Religion in the home--what will it not accomplish? It will do the very work that God designed should be done in every family. Children will be brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. They will be educated and trained, not to be society devotees, but members of the Lord's family. Adventist Home, p. 322 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Fri May 25 06:16:33 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 09:16:33 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 25 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: When Christ is in the heart, He is brought into the family. The father and mother feel the importance of living in obedience to the Holy Spirit so that the heavenly angels, who minister to those who shall be heirs of salvation, will minister to them as teachers in the home, educating and training them for the work of teaching their children. In the home it is possible to have a little church which will honor and glorify the Redeemer. Adventist Home, p. 323 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sat May 26 06:27:12 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 09:27:12 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 26 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Let Christian parents resolve that they will be loyal to God, and let them gather their children into their homes with them and strike the doorpost with blood, representing Christ as the only One who can shield and save, that the destroying angel may pass over the cherished circle of the household. Let the world see that a more than human influence is at work in the home. Let parents maintain a vital connection with God, set themselves on Christ's side, and show by His grace what great good may be accomplished through parental agency. Adventist Home, pp. 324, 325 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun May 27 17:45:34 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 20:45:34 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 26 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Kendra The latest CD has gone back to the slow load of infobases again. It takes about 30 seconds to load the egw-comp writings and I have 2gb of ram and a 2ghz dual core processor. I'd hate to be loading it with an older computer. What is causing these funning quirks, whatever you did on the previous CD it worked fine except it installed to a drive other than C: if it could. We'll have to narrow down what this bug is is. Thanks Darryl -----Original Message----- From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org [mailto:thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org] Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 9:27 AM To: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Subject: Thought for May 26 Let Christian parents resolve that they will be loyal to God, and let them gather their children into their homes with them and strike the doorpost with blood, representing Christ as the only One who can shield and save, that the destroying angel may pass over the cherished circle of the household. Let the world see that a more than human influence is at work in the home. Let parents maintain a vital connection with God, set themselves on Christ's side, and show by His grace what great good may be accomplished through parental agency. Adventist Home, pp. 324, 325 _______________________________________ Thought subscription administration: http://egwlists.whiteestate.org/mailman/listinfo/thought From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Sun May 27 17:49:26 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 20:49:26 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 27 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Near the close of this earth's history Satan will work with all his powers in the same manner and with the same temptations wherewith he tempted ancient Israel just before their entering the Land of Promise. He will lay snares for those who claim to keep the commandments of God, and who are almost on the borders of the heavenly Canaan. He will use his powers to their utmost in order to entrap souls and to take God's professed people upon their weakest points. Those who have not brought the lower passions into subjection to the higher powers of their being, those who have allowed their minds to flow in a channel of carnal indulgence of the baser passions, Satan is determined to destroy with his temptations--to pollute their souls with licentiousness. Adventist Home, 327 From thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org Mon May 28 07:56:52 2007 From: thought at egwlists.whiteestate.org (Thought for the Day) Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 10:56:52 -0400 Subject: Thought for May 28 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A terrible picture of the condition of the world has been presented before me. Immorality abounds everywhere. Licentiousness is the special sin of this age. Never did vice lift its deformed head with such bold