"The system of education established in Eden centered in the family." Ed 33.
"It was God's plan for the members of the family to be associated in work and study, in worship and recreation, the father as priest of his household, and both father and mother as teachers and companions of their children." Ed 250, 251.
"The system of education instituted at the beginning of the world was to be a model for man throughout all aftertime." Ed 20.
"It was His purpose that, as the human family increased in numbers, they should establish other homes and schools like the one He had given." Ed 22.
"In the divine plan of education as adapted to man's condition after the Fall . . . the family was the school, and the parents were the teachers." Ed 33.
"Every father was required to see that his sons learned some useful trade." CT 276.
"The father to the children shall make known thy truth." Isaiah 38:19.
"Children should virtually be trained in a home school from the cradle to maturity." CG 26.
"Neither the church school nor the college affords the opportunities for establishing a child's character building upon the right foundation that are afforded in the home." CG 170.
"The dangers of the young are greatly increased as they are thrown into the society of a large number of their own age, of varied character and habits of life." AH 468.
"Send the children to schools located in the city, where every phase of temptation is waiting to attract and demoralize them, and the work of character building is tenfold harder for both parents and children." FE 326.
"John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, received his early training from his parents." AH 133.
"The greater portion of his life was spent in the wilderness. . . . Here his surroundings were favorable to habits of simplicity and self-denial. Uninterrupted by the clamor of the world, he could here study the lessons of nature, of revelation, and of providence." AH 133.
"So with the great majority of the best and noblest men of all ages. Read the history of Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph; of Moses, David, and Elisha. Study the lives of men of later times who have most worthily filled positions of trust and responsibility. How many of these were reared in country homes. They knew little of luxury. They did not spend their youth in amusement. Many were forced to struggle with poverty and hardship. They early learned to work, and their active life in the open air gave vigor and elasticity to all their faculties. . . . They learned the lessons of self-reliance and self-control. Sheltered in a great degree from evil associations, they were satisfied with natural pleasures and wholesome companionships. They were simple in their tastes and temperate in their habits. They were governed by principle, and they grew up pure and strong and true." AH 134.
"The education centering in the family was that which prevailed in the days of the patriarchs. For the schools thus established, God provided the conditions most favorable for the development of character. The people who were under His direction still pursued the plan of life that He had appointed in the beginning." Ed 33.
"God commanded the Hebrews to teach their children His requirements, and to make them acquainted with all His dealings with their people. The home and the school were one. In the place of stranger lips, the loving hearts of father and mother were to give instruction to their children. Thoughts of God were associated with all the events of daily life in the home dwelling." RH Oct. 30, 1900.
"Wherever in Israel God's plan of education was carried into effect, its results testified of its Author. But in very many households the training appointed by Heaven, and the characters thus developed, were alike rare. God's plan was but partially and imperfectly fulfilled. . . . Fathers and mothers in Israel became indifferent to their obligation to God, indifferent to their obligation to their children. Through unfaithfulness in the home, and idolatrous influences without, many of the Hebrew youth received an education differing widely from that which God had planned for them. They learned the ways of the heathen." Ed 45, 46.
"To meet this growing evil, God provided other agencies as an aid to parents in the work of education. . . . Samuel by the Lord's direction, established the schools of the prophets." Ed 46.
"The pupils in these schools sustained themselves by their own labor in tilling the soil or in some mechanical employment." Ed 47.
"The discipline and training that God appointed for Israel would cause them, in all their ways of life, to differ from the people of other nations. This peculiarity, which should have been regarded as a special privilege and blessing, was to them unwelcome. . . . To be 'like all the nations' (1 Samuel 8:5) was their ambition. God's plan of education was set aside, His authority disowned." Ed 49, 50.
"In the rejection of the ways of God for the ways of men, the downfall of Israel began. Thus also it continued, until the Jewish people became a prey to the very nations whose practices they had chosen to follow." Ed 50.
"The experiences of Israel were recorded for our instruction. 'All these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.' 1 Corinthians 10:11. With us, as with Israel of old, success in education depends on fidelity in carrying out the Creator's plan. Adherence to the principles of God's word will bring as great blessings to us as it would have brought to the Hebrew people." Ed 50.
"Many parents overrate the stability and good qualities of their children. They do not seem to consider that they will be exposed to the deceptive influences of vicious youth. Parents have their fears as they send them some distance away to school, but flatter themselves that, as they have had good examples and religious instruction, they will be true to principle in their high-school life. Many parents have but a faint idea to what extent licentiousness exists in these institutions of learning. In many cases the parents have labored hard and suffered many privations for the cherished object of having their children obtain a finished education. And after all their efforts, many have the bitter experience of receiving their children from their course of studies with dissolute habits and ruined constitutions. And frequently they are disrespectful to their parents, unthankful, and unholy. These abused parents, who are thus rewarded by ungrateful children, lament that they sent their children from them to be exposed to temptations and come back to them physical, mental, and moral wrecks. With disappointed hopes and almost broken hearts they see their children, of whom they had high hopes, follow in a course of vice and drag out a miserable existence." 3T 149.
"Keep your children at their home; and if people say to you, 'Your children will not know how to conduct themselves in the world,' tell your friends that you are not so concerned about that matter, but that you do want to take them to the Master for His blessing, even as the mothers of old took their children to Jesus. Say to your advisers, 'Children are the heritage of the Lord, and I want to prove faithful to my trust. . . . My Children must be brought up in such a way that they shall not be swayed by the influences of the world, but where, when tempted to sin, they may be able to say a square, hearty no.' . . . Tell your friends and neighbors that you want to see your family inside the gates of the beautiful city." AH 470, 471.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Family Businesses
"And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you." 1 Thessalonians 4:11.
"If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing." Exodus 21:2.
"Holy angels often visited the garden, and gave instruction to Adam and Eve concerning their employment. . . . The angels warned them of Satan and cautioned them not to separate from each other in their employment, for they might be brought in contact with this fallen foe." EW 147.
"The family tie is the closest, the most tender and sacred, of any on earth." MH 356.
"Fathers should train their sons to engage with them in their trades and employments." CG 355.
"And Pharaoh said unto his [Joseph's] brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers." Genesis 47:3.
"While every person needs some knowledge of different handicrafts, it is indispensable that he become proficient in at least one." CG 357.
"Aquila and Priscilla . . . established a business as manufacturers of tents." AA 349.
"No man is excusable for being without financial ability. Of many a man it may be said . . . he is not qualified to manage his own business. . . . He has not been brought up . . . to practice the principles of self-support." AH 93.
"Thousands . . . might achieve self-support in a happy, healthy, independent life if they could be directed in skillful, diligent labor in the tilling of the soil." Ed 220.
"If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing." Exodus 21:2.
"Holy angels often visited the garden, and gave instruction to Adam and Eve concerning their employment. . . . The angels warned them of Satan and cautioned them not to separate from each other in their employment, for they might be brought in contact with this fallen foe." EW 147.
"The family tie is the closest, the most tender and sacred, of any on earth." MH 356.
"Fathers should train their sons to engage with them in their trades and employments." CG 355.
"And Pharaoh said unto his [Joseph's] brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers." Genesis 47:3.
"While every person needs some knowledge of different handicrafts, it is indispensable that he become proficient in at least one." CG 357.
"Aquila and Priscilla . . . established a business as manufacturers of tents." AA 349.
"No man is excusable for being without financial ability. Of many a man it may be said . . . he is not qualified to manage his own business. . . . He has not been brought up . . . to practice the principles of self-support." AH 93.
"Thousands . . . might achieve self-support in a happy, healthy, independent life if they could be directed in skillful, diligent labor in the tilling of the soil." Ed 220.
Friday, December 5, 2014
God's Care for the Poor
"And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God." Leviticus 19:9, 10
(For the details of God's plan of providing for the poor, read Patriarchs and Prophets, chapter 51.)
(For the details of God's plan of providing for the poor, read Patriarchs and Prophets, chapter 51.)
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Stewardship of the Land
"Replenish the earth." Genesis 1:28.
"The Garden of Eden was a representation of what God desired the whole earth to become." Ed 22.
"Families and institutions should learn to do more in the cultivation and improvement of land." CD 312.
"Through disobedience to God Adam and Eve had lost Eden, and because of sin the whole earth was cursed. But if God's people followed His instruction, their land would be restored to fertility and beauty. God Himself gave them directions in regard to the culture of the soil, and they were to co-operate with Him in its restoration. Thus the whole land, under God's control, would become an object lesson of spiritual truth." AH 143, 144.
"Men were to cooperate with God in restoring the diseased land to health, that it might be a praise and a glory to His name. . . . In the laws which God gave for the cultivation of the soil, He was giving the people opportunity to overcome their selfishness and become heavenly-minded. Canaan would be to them as Eden if they obeyed the Word of the Lord. Through them the Lord designed to teach all the nations of the world how to cultivate the soil so that it would yield healthy fruit, free from disease. The earth is the Lord's vineyard, and is to be treated according to His plan. Those who cultivated the soil were to realize that they were doing God service." 1BC 1112.
"Pure, practical religion will be manifested in treating the earth as God's treasure-house . . . lent us in trust." TM 245.
"Any violation of the laws of nature is a violation of the law of God." 1BC 1105.
"False witness has been borne in condemning land which, if properly worked, would yield rich returns. The narrow plans, the little strength put forth, the little study as to the best methods, call loudly for reform. The people need to learn that patient labor will do wonders. There is much mourning over unproductive soil, when if men would read the Old Testament Scriptures they would see that the Lord knew much better than they in regard to the proper treatment of land. After being cultivated for several years, and giving her treasure to the possession of man, portions of the land should be allowed to rest, and then the crops should be changed." FE 323.
"Thy wrath is come, and the time . . . that thou . . . shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth." Revelation 11:18.
"The Garden of Eden was a representation of what God desired the whole earth to become." Ed 22.
"Families and institutions should learn to do more in the cultivation and improvement of land." CD 312.
"Through disobedience to God Adam and Eve had lost Eden, and because of sin the whole earth was cursed. But if God's people followed His instruction, their land would be restored to fertility and beauty. God Himself gave them directions in regard to the culture of the soil, and they were to co-operate with Him in its restoration. Thus the whole land, under God's control, would become an object lesson of spiritual truth." AH 143, 144.
"Men were to cooperate with God in restoring the diseased land to health, that it might be a praise and a glory to His name. . . . In the laws which God gave for the cultivation of the soil, He was giving the people opportunity to overcome their selfishness and become heavenly-minded. Canaan would be to them as Eden if they obeyed the Word of the Lord. Through them the Lord designed to teach all the nations of the world how to cultivate the soil so that it would yield healthy fruit, free from disease. The earth is the Lord's vineyard, and is to be treated according to His plan. Those who cultivated the soil were to realize that they were doing God service." 1BC 1112.
"Pure, practical religion will be manifested in treating the earth as God's treasure-house . . . lent us in trust." TM 245.
"Any violation of the laws of nature is a violation of the law of God." 1BC 1105.
"False witness has been borne in condemning land which, if properly worked, would yield rich returns. The narrow plans, the little strength put forth, the little study as to the best methods, call loudly for reform. The people need to learn that patient labor will do wonders. There is much mourning over unproductive soil, when if men would read the Old Testament Scriptures they would see that the Lord knew much better than they in regard to the proper treatment of land. After being cultivated for several years, and giving her treasure to the possession of man, portions of the land should be allowed to rest, and then the crops should be changed." FE 323.
"Thy wrath is come, and the time . . . that thou . . . shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth." Revelation 11:18.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Diligence vs. Slothfulness
"The soul of the diligent shall be made fat." Proverbs 13:4.
"In all labour there is profit." Proverbs 14:23.
"Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men." Proverbs 22:29.
"The sleep of a labouring man is sweet." Ecclesiastes 5:12.
"He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster." Proverbs 18:9.
"Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger." Proverbs 19:15.
"The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing." Proverbs 20:4.
"Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread." Proverbs 20:13.
"The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour." Proverbs 21:25.
"I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, and a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man." Proverbs 24:30-34.
"In all labour there is profit." Proverbs 14:23.
"Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men." Proverbs 22:29.
"The sleep of a labouring man is sweet." Ecclesiastes 5:12.
"He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster." Proverbs 18:9.
"Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger." Proverbs 19:15.
"The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing." Proverbs 20:4.
"Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread." Proverbs 20:13.
"The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour." Proverbs 21:25.
"I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, and a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man." Proverbs 24:30-34.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Promises for the Land
"Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety." Leviticus 25:18, 19.
"He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread." Proverbs 12:11.
"He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread." Proverbs 28:19.
"For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him." Isaiah 28:26.
"Much food is in the tillage of the poor." Proverbs 13:23.
"There is not sufficient breadth of view as to what can be realized from the earth." FE 317.
"The profit of the earth is for all." Ecclesiastes 5:9.
"Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof." Proverbs 27:18.
"Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed." Psalm 37:3.
"Within the vast boundaries of nature there is still room for the suffering and needy to find a home. Within her bosom there are resources sufficient to provide them with food. Hidden in the depths of the earth are blessings for all who have courage and will and perseverance to gather her treasures." MH 188.
"He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread." Proverbs 12:11.
"He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread." Proverbs 28:19.
"For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him." Isaiah 28:26.
"Much food is in the tillage of the poor." Proverbs 13:23.
"There is not sufficient breadth of view as to what can be realized from the earth." FE 317.
"The profit of the earth is for all." Ecclesiastes 5:9.
"Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof." Proverbs 27:18.
"Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed." Psalm 37:3.
"Within the vast boundaries of nature there is still room for the suffering and needy to find a home. Within her bosom there are resources sufficient to provide them with food. Hidden in the depths of the earth are blessings for all who have courage and will and perseverance to gather her treasures." MH 188.
Monday, December 1, 2014
Meeting the Problems of Farmers
"There is need of intelligence and educated ability to devise the best methods in farming . . . that the worker may not labor in vain." FE 316.
"Extravagant prices have been paid for lands bought on credit; then the land must be cleared, and more money is hired; a house to be built calls for more money, and then interest with open mouth swallows up all the profits. Debts accumulate, and then come the closing and failure of banks, and then the foreclosure of mortgages. Thousands have been turned out of employment; families lose their little all, they borrow and borrow, and then have to give up their property and come out penniless. Much money and hard labor have been put into farms bought on credit, or inherited with an incumbrance. The occupants lived in hope of becoming real owners, and it might have been so, but for the failure of banks throughout the country. Now the case where a man owns his place clear is a happy exception to the rule. Merchants are failing, families are suffering for food and clothing." FE 317, 318.
"There are men who work hard, and obtain very little for their labor." FE 317.
"Men take you to their orchards of oranges and lemons, and other fruits, and tell you that the produce does not pay for the work done in them. It is next to impossible to make ends meet, and parents decide that the children shall not be farmers; they have not the courage and hope to educate them to till the soil." FE 318.
"What is needed is schools to educate and train the youth so that they will know how to overcome this condition of things. There must be education in the sciences, and education in plans and methods of working the soil. There is hope in the soil, but brain and heart and strength must be brought into the work of tilling it." FE 318.
"No one can succeed in agriculture or gardening without attention to the laws involved. The special needs of every variety of plant must be studied. Different varieties require different soil and cultivation, and compliance with the laws governing each is the condition of success." AH 142.
"There is need of much more extensive knowledge in regard to the preparation of the soil." FE 317.
"Agriculture should be advanced by scientific knowledge. Farming has been pronounced unprofitable. People say that the soil does not pay for the labor expended upon it, and they bemoan the hard fate of those who till the soil. . . . But should persons of proper ability take hold of this line of employment, and make a study of the soil, and learn how to plant, to cultivate, and to gather in the harvest, more encouraging results might be seen. Many say, 'We have tried agriculture and know what its results are,' and yet these very ones need to know how to cultivate the soil and to bring science into their work. Their plowshares should cut deeper, broader furrows. . . . Let them learn to put in the seed in its season, to give attention to vegetation, and to follow the plan that God has devised." CG 355, 356.
"In these days of mammoth trusts and business competition, there are few who enjoy so real an independence and so great certainty of fair return for their labor as does the tiller of the soil." Ed 219.
"That God who has made the world for the benefit of man, will provide means from the earth to sustain the diligent worker. The seed placed in thoroughly prepared soil, will produce its harvest." FE 319.
"Extravagant prices have been paid for lands bought on credit; then the land must be cleared, and more money is hired; a house to be built calls for more money, and then interest with open mouth swallows up all the profits. Debts accumulate, and then come the closing and failure of banks, and then the foreclosure of mortgages. Thousands have been turned out of employment; families lose their little all, they borrow and borrow, and then have to give up their property and come out penniless. Much money and hard labor have been put into farms bought on credit, or inherited with an incumbrance. The occupants lived in hope of becoming real owners, and it might have been so, but for the failure of banks throughout the country. Now the case where a man owns his place clear is a happy exception to the rule. Merchants are failing, families are suffering for food and clothing." FE 317, 318.
"There are men who work hard, and obtain very little for their labor." FE 317.
"Men take you to their orchards of oranges and lemons, and other fruits, and tell you that the produce does not pay for the work done in them. It is next to impossible to make ends meet, and parents decide that the children shall not be farmers; they have not the courage and hope to educate them to till the soil." FE 318.
"What is needed is schools to educate and train the youth so that they will know how to overcome this condition of things. There must be education in the sciences, and education in plans and methods of working the soil. There is hope in the soil, but brain and heart and strength must be brought into the work of tilling it." FE 318.
"No one can succeed in agriculture or gardening without attention to the laws involved. The special needs of every variety of plant must be studied. Different varieties require different soil and cultivation, and compliance with the laws governing each is the condition of success." AH 142.
"There is need of much more extensive knowledge in regard to the preparation of the soil." FE 317.
"Agriculture should be advanced by scientific knowledge. Farming has been pronounced unprofitable. People say that the soil does not pay for the labor expended upon it, and they bemoan the hard fate of those who till the soil. . . . But should persons of proper ability take hold of this line of employment, and make a study of the soil, and learn how to plant, to cultivate, and to gather in the harvest, more encouraging results might be seen. Many say, 'We have tried agriculture and know what its results are,' and yet these very ones need to know how to cultivate the soil and to bring science into their work. Their plowshares should cut deeper, broader furrows. . . . Let them learn to put in the seed in its season, to give attention to vegetation, and to follow the plan that God has devised." CG 355, 356.
"In these days of mammoth trusts and business competition, there are few who enjoy so real an independence and so great certainty of fair return for their labor as does the tiller of the soil." Ed 219.
"That God who has made the world for the benefit of man, will provide means from the earth to sustain the diligent worker. The seed placed in thoroughly prepared soil, will produce its harvest." FE 319.
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