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READING AND ITS INFLUENCE
CHILDREN NEED PROPER READING!
FOOD FOR THE MIND!
MANY YOUTH ARE
EAGER FOR BOOKS.
THEY READ ANY-
THING THEY CAN
OBTAIN. I APPEAL
TO THE PARENTS
OF SUCH CHILDREN
TO CONTROL THEIR
DESIRE FOR READ-
ING. DO NOT PERMIT
UPON YOUR TABLES
THE MAGAZINES AND
NEWSPAPERS
IN WHICH ARE FOUND
LOVE STORIES. SUPPLY
THEIR PLACE WITH
BOOKS THAT WILL
HELP THE YOUTH TO
PUT INTO THEIR
CHARACTER THE VERY
BEST MATERIAL--THE
LOVE AND FEAR OF
GOD, THE KNOWLEDGE
OF CHRIST. EN-
COURAGE YOUR
CHILDREN TO STORE
THE MIND WITH
VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE,
TO LET THAT WHICH IS
GOOD TO OCCUPY THE
SOUL AND CONTROL
ITS POWERS, LEAVING
NO PLACE FOR LOW
DEBASING THOUGHTS.
RESTRICT THE DESIRE
FOR READING MATTER
THAT DOES NOT
FURNISH GOOD FOOD
FOR THE MIND. THE
MONEY EXPENDED
FOR STORY MAGAZINES
MAY NOT SEEM MUCH,
BUT IT IS TOO MUCH
TO SPEND FOR THAT
WHICH GIVES SO
MUCH THAT IS
MISLEADING, AND
SO LITTLE THAT IS
GOOD IN RETURN.
E. WHITE
GIVE YOUR BOY
SOMETHING TO
DO. TEACH HIM
TO BE INDUSTRIOUS.
HE HAS NATURALLY
NO LOVE FOR WORK;
HE LOVES INDOLENCE
AND SEEKS TO SHIRK
RESPONSIBILITY. IF
YOU WANT YOUR
CHILDREN TO BLESS
YOU, TEACH THEM TO
BE USEFUL AND SELF-
DENYING. RESRICT
THEIR READING.
THEY SHOULD NOT
BE ALLOWED TO
PORE OVER THE
PAGES OF NOVELS
AND STORY BOOKS
FILLED WITH THE
TALES OF LUST
AND KNAVERY,
FOR IT WILL NOT
LEAVE A HEAVENLY
INFLUENCE ON
THEIR MIND.
THEY ARE YOUNG
AND IN EXPERIENCED,
AND WILL BE JUST
WHAT YOU MAKE THEM.
ALL SUCH HABITS OF
READING WILL BE CUT
UP BY THE ROOTS THE
PRINCIPLES OF VIRTUE
WHICH ENTER INTO THE
FORMATION OF A GOOD
FIRM CHARACTER.
NOVEL READING IS LIKE
TAKING POISON, AND
WILL SOONER OR LATER
REVEAL ITS BITTER
RESULTS. THE MARK
FOR GOOD OR EVIL
MADE UPON THE
CHARACTERS OF
YOUR CHILDREN
IS NOT WRITTEN
IN THE SAND BUT
IS TRACED AS ON
ENDURING ROCK.
E. WHITE
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