Practice economy in your homes. By many, idols are cherished and worshiped. Put away your idols. Give up your selfish pleasures. Do not, I entreat you, absorb means in embellishing your houses, for it is God’s money, and it will be required of you again. Parents, for Christ’s sake do not use the Lord’s money in pleasing the fancies of your children. Do not teach them to seek after style and ostentation in order to gain influence in the world. Will this incline them to save the souls for whom Christ died? No; it will create envy, jealousy, and evil surmising. Your children will be led to compete with the show and extravagance of the world, and to spend the Lord’s money for that which is not essential to health or happiness. {6T 450.3}

Har du smagt verdens kommende kræfter? Har du spist Guds Søns kød og drukket hans blod? Så har, - skønt embedsmændenes hænder ikke har været på dig i ordination, - så har Kristus lagt sine hænder på dig og han har sagt: »I er mine vidner.«