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1 The Adventist HomeEllen G. White1952 Copyright 2013 Ellen G. White Estate, about this BookOverviewThis eBook is provided by the Ellen G. White Estate. It is includedin the larger free Online Books collection on the Ellen G. WhiteEstate Web the AuthorEllen G. White (1827-1915) is considered the most widely translatedAmerican author, her works having been published in more than 160languages. She wrote more than 100,000 pages on a wide variety ofspiritual and practical topics. Guided by the Holy Spirit, she exaltedJesus and pointed to the Scriptures as the basis of one s LinksA Brief Biography of Ellen G. WhiteAbout the Ellen G. White EstateEnd User License AgreementThe viewing, printing or downloading of this book grants you onlya limited, nonexclusive and nontransferable license for use solelyby you for your own personal use. This license does not permitrepublication, distribution, assignment, sublicense, sale, preparationof derivative works, or other use.

2 Any unauthorized use of this bookterminates the license granted InformationFor more information about the author, publishers, or how youcan support this service, please contact the Ellen G. White Estateat We are thankful for your interest andfeedback and wish you God s blessing as you Adventist home is a home where Seventh-day Adventiststandards and practices are lived and taught, a place to which Sev-enth-day Adventist fathers and mothers are commissioned by Christto go and make Christians of the members of their own in order to perform that task well, Seventh-day Adventist par-ents are looking for all the help they can possibly G. White has written much and very valuable counselfor parents. She has touched upon every phase of the home, andoffers specific instruction on many of the problems which give somuch concern to thoughtful and often anxious parents today.

3 Someyears before her death, she indicated her desire to get out a bookfor Christian parents that would define the mother s duty andinfluence over her children. In the present work an endeavor hasbeen made to fulfill this book,The Adventist Home,is at once a sort of handbook ormanual for busy parents, and a pattern or ideal of what the home canand should become. Here are the answers to your many questions,the words of wisdom from the heavenly compiling this work, excerpts have been drawn from the EllenG. White writings penned through seven decades, but especiallyfrom the thousands of E. G. White articles which were preparedfor the journals of the denomination. The current published works,special testimonies issued in pamphlet form, and the E. G. Whitemanuscript files have also enriched the Volume. Appropriate sourcecredits are given in connection with each chapter.

4 As the excerptsdrawn from different sources written at different times are linked[6]together in their logical sequence, there may be occasionally a slightunavoidable break in thought or manner of address, for the compilersare limited in their work to selecting and arranging the subject matterand supplying the document has been prepared in the office of the Ellen Publications. The work has been done in harmony with s instruction to her trustees in providing for the printingof compilations from her manuscripts, for they contain, she said, instruction that the Lord has given me for his people. Never in the history of the world has a book like this been neededmore urgently than it is right now. Never have parents and childrenbeen more anxious for the right answer to the things which troublethem. Never have homes been in such jeopardy as they are one of us knows that conditions in society are but a re-flection of conditions in the homes of the nation.

5 We likewise knowthat a change in the home will be mirrored in a changed this end this Volume The Adventist Home has been preparedand, as a part of the Christian home library, is now sent forth on itsimportant mission by the publishers andThe Trustees of theEllen G. White PublicationsWashington, ,May 8, 1952.[7]ContentsInformation about this Book .. iForeword .. iiSection 1 The Home Beautiful .. 7 Chapter 1 Atmosphere of the Home .. 8 Chapter 2 Fundamentals of True Homemaking .. 13 Chapter 3 The Eden Home a Pattern .. 16 Section 2 A Light in the Community .. 19 Chapter 4 Far-Reaching Influence of the Home .. 20 Chapter 5 A Powerful Christian Witness .. 23 Section 3 Choosing the Life Partner .. 27 Chapter 6 The Great Decision .. 28 Chapter 7 True Love or Infatuation .. 33 Chapter 8 Common Courtship Practices .. 37 Chapter 9 Forbidden Marriages.

6 42 Chapter 10 When Counsel is Needed .. 49 Section 4 Factors that Make for Success or Failure .. 55 Chapter 11 Hasty, Immature Marriages .. 56 Chapter 12 Compatibility .. 59 Chapter 13 Domestic Training .. 62 Chapter 14 True Conversion a Requisite .. 67 Section 5 From the Marriage Altar .. 71 Chapter 15 Solemn Promises .. 72 Chapter 16 A Happy, Successful Partnership .. 77 Chapter 17 Mutual Obligations .. 84 Chapter 18 Marital Duties and Privileges .. 90 Section 6 The New Home .. 97 Chapter 19 Where Shall the Home Be? .. 98 Chapter 20 The Family and the City .. 101 Chapter 21 Advantages of the Country .. 106 Chapter 22 Building and Furnishing the Home .. 111 Section 7 Heritage of the Lord .. 119 Chapter 23 Children a Blessing .. 120 Chapter 24 Size of the Family .. 122 Chapter 25 Caring for Needy Children .. 126ivContentsvChapter 26 Parents Legacy to Children.

7 130 Section 8 The Successful Family .. 133 Chapter 27 A Sacred Circle .. 134 Chapter 28 The Child s First School .. 137 Chapter 29 A Work That Cannot Be Transferred .. 142 Chapter 30 Family Companionship .. 145 Chapter 31 Security Through Love .. 149 Chapter 32 Preoccupy the Garden of the Heart .. 153 Chapter 33 Promises of Divine Guidance .. 156 Section 9 Father The House-Band .. 161 Chapter 34 Father s Position and Responsibilities .. 162 Chapter 35 Sharing the Burdens .. 166 Chapter 36 A Companion With His Children .. 169 Chapter 37 The Kind of Husband Not To Be .. 172 Section 10 Mother Queen of the Household .. 177 Chapter 38 Mother s Position and Responsibilities .. 178 Chapter 39 Influence of the Mother .. 185 Chapter 40 Misconception of the Mother s Work .. 188 Chapter 41 Imperfect Patterns of Motherhood .. 191 Chapter 42 Mother s Health and Personal Appearance.

8 194 Chapter 43 Prenatal Influences .. 197 Chapter 44 Care Of Little Children .. 201 Chapter 45 Mother s First Duty Is To Train Children .. 204 Chapter 46 The Stepmother .. 209 Chapter 47 Christ s Encouragement to Mothers .. 212 Section 11 Children The Junior Partners .. 215 Chapter 48 Heaven s Estimate of Children .. 216 Chapter 49 Mother s Helpers .. 219 Chapter 50 The Honor Due Parents .. 227 Chapter 51 Counsel to Children .. 231 Section 12 Standards of Family Living .. 237 Chapter 52 Home Government .. 238 Chapter 53 A United Front .. 244 Chapter 54 Religion in the Family .. 248 Chapter 55 Moral Standards .. 255 Chapter 56 Divorce .. 266 Chapter 57 Attitude Toward an Unbelieving Companion . 273 Chapter 58 The Minister s Family .. 277viThe Adventist HomeChapter 59 The Aged Parents .. 283 Section 13 The Use of Money .. 287 Chapter 60 Stewards of God.

9 288 Chapter 61 Principles of Family Finance .. 292 Chapter 62 Economy to be Practiced .. 299 Chapter 63 Instructing Children How to Earn and UseMoney .. 303 Chapter 64 Business Integrity .. 307 Chapter 65 Provision for the Future .. 310 Section 14 Guarding the Avenues of the Soul .. 313 Chapter 66 The Portals We Must Watch .. 314 Chapter 67 Enticing Sights and Sounds .. 318 Chapter 68 Reading and its Influence .. 321 Section 15 Graces that Brighten Family Life .. 329 Chapter 69 Courtesy and Kindness .. 330 Chapter 70 Cheerfulness .. 337 Chapter 71 Speech .. 340 Chapter 72 Hospitality .. 349 Section 16 The Home and its Social Relationships .. 355 Chapter 73 Our Social Needs .. 356 Chapter 74 Safe And Unsafe Associations .. 359 Chapter 75 Parental Guidance In Social Affairs .. 365 Chapter 76 Holidays And Anniversaries .. 370 Chapter 77 Christmas.

10 374 Chapter 78 The Family a Missionary Center .. 379 Section 17 Relaxation and Recreation .. 385 Chapter 79 Recreation is Essential .. 386 Chapter 80 What Shall We Play? .. 390 Chapter 81 Recreation that Yields Enduring Satisfactions 396 Chapter 82 How the Christian Chooses His Recreation .. 401 Chapter 83 The Lure of Pleasure .. 408 Chapter 84 Directing Juvenile Thinking RegardingRecreation .. 412 Section 18 Thou Shalt be Recompensed .. 417 Chapter 85 The Reward Here and Hereafter .. 418 Chapter 86 Life In the Eden Home .. 423 Chapter 87 Pen Pictures of the New Earth .. 429 Section 1 The Home BeautifulChapter 1 Atmosphere of the HomeHome Is the Heart of All Activity Society is composed offamilies, and is what the heads of families make it. Out of the heartare the issues of life ; and the heart of the community, of the church,and of the nation is the household.