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The Home Training Ground, September 13
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I
delight.
Psalm 119:35
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Men have taught that God’s law has been done away. Were this the
case we would have no standard of character, and would have nothing to
show us God’s righteous claims. We should be adrift upon an ocean of
uncertainty, and have no guide in dealing with the solemn responsibilities
of the family relation. But it is in the family relation that we receive our
training in dealing with our fellow men in general. If God had no law
by which to govern human intelligences, nothing by which His character
could be represented as a sample to which the human family could shape
their characters, then what impression could possibly be made upon our
children as to what constitutes rectitude of life and perfection of character?
...
The fifth commandment enjoins upon children obedience to their par-
ents, and parents are to help their children to keep this commandment by
acting their part in cooperating with God in requiring obedience through
childhood and youth. Parents themselves must be under rule to God. They
must reveal precious traits of character, presenting a pattern before their
children, manifesting patience and forbearance mingled with firmness,
and thus educate their children to obey their heavenly Father.... Satan
delights to look upon disordered and ill-governed families, for his success
depends largely upon the control he can have over the families of earth....
He is determined the standard of righteousness shall not be the rule for
the formation of character....
The Ten Commandments come forth from the God of heaven, whose
heart is full of love, who is infinite in wisdom, who never makes a mistake.
He is too wise to err, too good to harm any one who will obey His
requirements. Blessing will follow those who obey and who administer
the law of Jehovah.... The happiness and peace of parents and children in
this life, and their best good, will be worked out by walking in the path of
His precepts; for by so doing they are in harmony with the God of heaven.
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