Your daughter needs a strong influence to counteract that of the society she loves. It will take just as decided efforts to cure her of this mental disorder as it does to cure the drunkard of his craving for liquor. You have a work to do which no other can do for you, and will you fail to do it? Will you in the name of the Lord deal with your child as with a soul in danger of eternal ruin? Were she a girl who loved God, one who could exercise self-control, her peril would not be so great. But she does not love to think of God, of her duty, or of heaven. She persists in having her own way. She does not daily seek strength from God, that she may resist temptation. Will you, then, place her in connection with influences calculated to lead her thoughts away from God, away from the truth, and from righteousness? If so, you place her on the enemy’s battleground, with no strength to resist his power or to over come his temptations. {5T 507.1}

Din datter behøver en stærk indflydelse, der modvirker det samfund hun holder af. Det vil kræve lige så stor fasthed at kurere hende for hendes mentale uorden, som det kræver at kurere drankeren for sin trang til spiritus. Du har et arbejde at gøre, som ingen andre kan gøre for dig og vil du undlade dette? Vil du i Herrens navn behandle dit barn, som en sjæl i fare for evig fordærv? Var hun en pige, som elskede Gud, som kunne udvise selvkontrol, ville hendes fare ikke være så stor. Men hun holder ikke af at tænke på Gud, på hendes pligt, på himlen. Hun fastholder sin egen vej. Hun søger ikke daglig styrke fra Gud, så hun kan modstå fristelser. Vil du da udsætte hende for en indflydelse, som leder hendes tanker bort fra Gud, bort fra sandheden og fra retfærdighed? Gør du dette, sætter du hende på fjendens slagmark, uden kraft til at modstå hans kraft, eller overvinde hans fristelser.