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[Pages:565]Child Guidance

Ellen G. White

1954

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Ellen G. White (1827-1915) is considered the most widely translated American author, her works having been published in more than 160 languages. She wrote more than 100,000 pages on a wide variety of spiritual and practical topics. Guided by the Holy Spirit, she exalted Jesus and pointed to the Scriptures as the basis of one's faith.

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Foreword

As marriage unites two hearts and lives in love, and a new home is created, an early concern of its founders is that the children which grace this new home shall be properly reared. The question of Manoah of old, "How shall we order the child?" is thoughtfully pondered by parents today as they look into the face of the precious and helpless gift entrusted to their care.

The significance of instruction on child guidance is best understood as we note the important place it takes in the word of God and the frequent and detailed references to the subject in the spirit of prophecy writings. In her several books, but more particularly in the articles on practical Christian living which appeared from week to week in the various journals of the denomination, Mrs. White set forth a wealth of counsel to parents. In addition to this, she addressed to various families hundreds of personal testimonies in which she dealt specifically with the problems they faced. In these articles and personal testimonies she described the principles which should guide parents, and the procedures they should follow as they were kept before her in vision.

In her later years Mrs. White expressed a desire to bring out a book for Christian parents that would make clear "The Mother's Duty And Influence Over Her Children." In the recently issued The Adventist Home and this companion work, that desire is now fulfilled. Only the thoughtful and prayerful perusal of the significant counsels of this volume can reveal the tremendous and far-reaching influence of training the child properly as God has placed the responsibility with parents.

The fact that Ellen White was the mother of four boys

enabled her to set forth in an understanding and sympathetic manner the instruction imparted to her. Her experience in the practical application of the principles she has set before others begets confidence in the heart of the reader.

All the E. G. White sources, published and unpublished, have been drawn upon in preparing Child Guidance. Full source credits appear at the close of each chapter. Because the content of this Volume has been brought together from a number of sources written over a period of seventy years, there occasionally occurs an unavoidable break in thought and manner of address as the several statements are linked together in their natural subject sequence. The compilers were limited in their work to the selecting and arranging of the various statements and to the supplying of headings.

Child Guidance was prepared under the direction of the board of Trustees of the Ellen G. White publications in their offices in Washington, D.C. The work was done in harmony with Mrs. White's instruction to her trustees that they should provide for the printing of compilations from her manuscript and published sources.

The need for this volume is great. Eternal interests are at stake. The detailed counsels on discipline, character building, and physical and spiritual education will be treasured by every thoughtful parent. That this volume, standing by the side of The Adventist Home, Messages to Young People, and other of the E. G. White books of counsel to parents and youth, may serve to guide fathers and mothers in their most important work is the sincere wish of the publishers and

The Trustees of the Ellen G. White Publications.

Contents

Information about this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Further Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 End User License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 To the Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Section I Home, The First School

14

Chap. One - Importance of the Home School . . . . . . . . 17

Chap. Two - The First Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Chap. Three - When to Begin the Child's Training . . . . . . 26

Section II Methods and Textbooks

30

Chap. Four - Methods of Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Chap. Five - The Bible as a Textbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Chap. Six - The Book of Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Chap. Seven - Practical Lessons from Nature's Book . . . . 53

Section III Teachers Adequately Trained

62

Chap. Eight - Preparation is Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Chap. Nine - A Call for Self-Improvement . . . . . . . . . . 71

Section IV Obedience, The Most Important Lesson

78

Chap. Ten - The Key to Happiness and Success . . . . . . . 79

Chap. Eleven - To be Taught from Babyhood . . . . . . . . 82

Chap. Twelve - Obedience Must Become a Habit . . . . . . 85

Section V Other Basic Lessons

90

Chap. Thirteen - Self-Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Chap. Fourteen - Quietness, Respect, and Reverence . . . . 97

Chap. Fifteen - Care in Handling Property . . . . . . . . . . 101

Chap. Sixteen - Health Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Chap. Seventeen - Cleanliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Chap. Eighteen - Neatness, Order, and Regularity . . . . . . 110

Chap. Nineteen - Purity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Section VI Lessons in Practical Virtues

118

Chap. Twenty - Helpfulness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Chap. Twenty-One - Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Chap. Twenty-Two - Diligence and Perseverance . . . . . . 128

Chap. Twenty-Three - Self-Denial, Unselfishness, and

Thoughtfulness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Chap. Twenty-Four - Economy and Thrift . . . . . . . . . . 134

Section VII Developing Christian Qualities

138

Chap. Twenty-Five - Simplicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Chap. Twenty-Six - Courtesy and Reserve . . . . . . . . . . 143

Chap. Twenty-Seven - Cheerfulness and Thankfulness . . . 146

Chap. Twenty-Eight - Truthfulness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Chap. Twenty-Nine - Honesty and Integrity . . . . . . . . . 152

Chap. Thirty - Self-Reliance and Sense of Honor . . . . . . 156

Section VIII The Paramount Task--Character Development 160 Chap. Thirty-One - Importance of Character . . . . . . . . . 161 Chap. Thirty-Two - How Character is Formed . . . . . . . . 164 Chap. Thirty-Three - Parental Responsibility in Character Formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Chap. Thirty-Four - Ways in Which Character is Ruined . . 175 Chap. Thirty-Five - How Parents May Build Strong Characters184

Section IX Fundamental Elements of Character Building 192 Chap. Thirty-Six - Advantage of the Early Years . . . . . . . 193 Chap. Thirty-Seven - The Power of Habit . . . . . . . . . . 199 Chap. Thirty-Eight - Study Age, Disposition, and Temperament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Chap. Thirty-Nine - The Will a Factor in Success . . . . . . 209 Chap. Forty - Exemplify Christian Principles . . . . . . . . 215

Section X Discipline and its Administration

222

Chap. Forty-One - Objectives of Discipline . . . . . . . . . 223

Chap. Forty-Two - The Time to Begin Discipline . . . . . . 229

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