- The Times of Volume Four
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- Chapter 1—Bible Biographies
- Chapter 2—Unity of the Church
- Chapter 3—Go Forward
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- Chapter 5—Choosing Earthly Treasure
- Chapter 6—True Benevolence
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- Chapter 8—The Testing Process
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- Chapter 10—Influence of Social Surroundings
- Chapter 11—A Divided Interest
- Chapter 12—Self-Exaltation
- Chapter 13—Missionaries in the Home
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- Chapter 14—Willing Obedience
- Chapter 15—The Twelve Spies
- Chapter 16—The Taking of Jericho
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- Chapter 19—Entire Consecration
- Chapter 20—Necessity of Harmony
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- Chapter 22—Sacredness of God's Commandments
- Chapter 23—Selfishness in the Church and in the Family
- Chapter 24—Appeal to Ministers
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- Chapter 26—Preparation for Christ's Coming
- Chapter 27—Address to Ministers
- Chapter 28—Sympathy for the Erring
- Chapter 29—The Cause in Texas -
- Chapter 30—Self-Caring Ministers
- Chapter 31—Uprightness in Deal
- Chapter 32—Religion in the Daily Life
- Chapter 33—Consecration in Ministers
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- Chapter 34—The Judgment
- Chapter 35—Our Publications
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- Chapter 37—Ministers of the Gospel
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- Chapter 40—Our Publishing Houses
- Chapter 41—Sacredness of Vows
- Chapter 42—Wills and Legacies
- Chapter 43—The Relation of Church Membership
- Chapter 44—Dishonesty in the Church
- Chapter 45—Importance of Self-Control
- Chapter 46—Unscriptural Marriages
- Chapter 47—The Lord's Poor
- Chapter 48—The Cause at Battle Creek
- Chapter 49—Improvement of Talents
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- Chapter 50—The Servants of God
- Chapter 51—Warnings and Admonitions
- Chapter 52—Moral and Intellectual Culture
- Chapter 53—Duty to the Poor
- Chapter 54—Health and Religion
- Chapter 55—Faithful Workers
- Chapter 56—Christian Influence
- Chapter 57—Economy and Self-Denial
- Chapter 58—Position and Work of the Sanitarium
- Chapter 59—The Influence of Associates
- Chapter 60—The Tract Societies
- Chapter 61—Love of the World
- Chapter 62—Simplicity in Dress
- Chapter 63—Proper Education
- Chapter 64—Accountability to God
Necessity of Family Discipline
The state of many in ----- is truly alarming; especially is this the case with a majority of the youth. Families have moved to the place with the understanding that they were not to burden the church, but to be a help to it. With a considerable number the result has been quite the contrary. The neglect of parents to properly discipline their children has been a fruitful source of evil in many families. The youth have not been restrained as they should have been. Parents have neglected to follow the directions of the word of God in this matter, and the children have taken the reins of government into their own hands. The consequence has been that they have generally succeeded in ruling their parents instead of being under their authority.4T 192.3
The parents are blind to the true state of their children, who have succeeded in entirely deceiving them. But those who have lost the control of their children are not pleased when others seek to control them or to point out their defects for the purpose of correcting them. The cause of God has been retarded in ----- by parents’ bringing their unruly and undisciplined children into this large church. Many are living in constant neglect of their duty to bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; yet these very ones have most to say concerning the wickedness of the youth in -----, when it is the wrong example and evil influence of their own children that have demoralized the young people with whom they have associated.4T 193.1
Such families have brought upon this church its heaviest burdens. They come with false ideas. They seem to expect the church to be faultless and that it will take the responsibility of making Christians of those very children whom they, as parents, are unable to control or keep within bounds. They throw themselves upon the church, a terrible and crushing weight. They might be a help if they would yield their selfishness and strive to honor God and to repair the mistakes they made in their lives. But they do no such thing; they hold themselves aloof, ready to criticize the lack of spirituality in the church, whose greatest calamity is that it numbers among its members too many like themselves—dead weights, persons whose hearts and lives are unconsecrated, and whose course is all wrong. The institutions located at ----- have carried along too many diseased and lifeless bodies for their own prosperity and spiritual vitality.4T 193.2