This is not a solitary case. Even the marriage relation was not sufficient to preserve this man from the corrupt habits of his youth. I wish I could be convinced that such cases as the one I have presented are rare, but I know they are frequent. Children born to parents who are controlled by corrupt passions are worthless. What can be expected of such children but that they will sink lower in the scale than their parents? What can be expected of the rising generation? Thousands are devoid of principle. These very ones are transmitting to their offspring their own miserable, corrupt passions. What a legacy! Thousands drag out their unprincipled lives, tainting their associates, and perpetuating their debased passions by transmitting them to their children. They take the responsibility of giving to them the stamp of their own characters. {2T 351.2}

Kapitel efter kapitel er blevet åbnet for mig. Jeg kan udpege børnefamilie efter børnefamilie i dette hus, enhver en er lige så fordærvet som helvedet selv. Nogle af dem bekender sig som Kristi efterfølgere og I, deres forældre, er lige så ligegyldige som om I havde fået en lammelse.