- Foreword
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Introduction—The Prophetic Gift and Ellen G. White
- Preparing to Meet Christ
- The Vision of the Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan
- How the Light Came to the Prophet
- The Life and Work of Mrs. E. G. White
- Mrs. E. G. White as Others Knew Her
- Messages that Changed Lives
- The Vision that Could not Be Told
- The Testimonies and the Reader
- Practical Test of a Good Prophet
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Chapter 1—A Vision of the Reward of the Faithful
- Chapter 2—The Time of The End
- Chapter 3—Prepare to Meet the Lord
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Chapter 4—Union With Christ and Brotherly Love
- Chapter 5—Christ Our Righteousness
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Chapter 6—The Sanctified Life
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Chapter 7—God Has a Work for You to Do
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Chapter 8—“Here Am I, Lord, Send Me”
- Chapter 9—The Publications of the Church
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Chapter 10—Belief in a Personal God
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Chapter 11—Christians to Represent God
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Chapter 12—In the World but Not of the World
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Chapter 13—The Bible
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Chapter 14—The Testimonies for the Church
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Chapter 15—The Holy Spirit
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Chapter 16—Keep Clear God's Connection With Man
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Chapter 17—Purity of Heart and Life
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Chapter 18—The Choosing of a Husband or Wife
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Chapter 19—Marry Not an Unbeliever
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Chapter 20—Marriage
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Chapter 21—A Happy, Successful Partnership
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Chapter 22—The Relationship Between Husband and Wife
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Chapter 23—The Mother and Her Child
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Chapter 24—The Christian Father and Mother
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Chapter 25—The Christian Home
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Chapter 26—Spiritual Influence in the Home
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Chapter 27—Finance in the Home
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Chapter 28—Family Activities During Holidays and Anniversaries
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Chapter 29—Recreation
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Chapter 30—The Avenues to the Mind Which Must Be Guarded
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Chapter 31—Choice of Reading
- Chapter 32—Music
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Chapter 33—Criticism and Its Effects
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Chapter 34—Counsel Concerning Dress
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Chapter 35—An Appeal to Youth
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Chapter 36—The Proper Discipline and Education of our Children
- Parents Must Agree
- The Danger of Too Severe Training
- To Allow Children to Grow Up in Ignorance Is a Sin
- The Evil of Idleness
- Parents, Lead Your Children to Christ
- Do Not Neglect the Wants of the Mind
- Never Correct a Child When Angry
- The Importance of Strict Honesty With Children
- The Importance of Character Development
- A Personal Experience in Counseling Children
- Parents’ Need of More Divine Guidance
- Teach Respect and Courtesy
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Chapter 37—Christian Education
- The Church's Responsibility
- Moral Support of Our Institutions
- Teachers Under God
- Qualifications of a School Teacher
- The Bible in Christian Education
- Dangers in Sending Children to School Too Young
- Importance of Training in Duties of Practical Life
- The Dignity of Labor
- One's Mother Tongue Should Not Be Ignored
- The Works of Skeptics Forbidden by God
- The Results of Christian Education
- Student's Responsibility to Uphold His School
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Chapter 38—The Call to Temperate Living
- Chapter 39—The Importance of Cleanliness
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Chapter 40—The Food We Eat
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Chapter 41—Flesh Foods
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Chapter 42—Faithfulness in Health Reform
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Chapter 43—The Church on Earth
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Chapter 44—Church Organization
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Chapter 45—The House of God
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Chapter 46—Treatment of the Erring
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Chapter 47—The Observance of God's Holy Sabbath
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Chapter 48—Counsels on Stewardship
- “Of Every Man That Giveth It Willingly”
- Tithing Is Ordained by God
- The Privilege of Being a Co-laborer With God
- God Asks for One-tenth of the Increase He Gives
- God Evaluates Gifts by the Love Which Prompts the Sacrifice
- The Proper Disposition of Property
- “If Riches Increase, Set Not Your Heart Upon Them”
- A Pledge Made to God Is Binding and Sacred
- Offerings of Thanksgiving to Be Set Aside for the Poor
- Our Property and the Support of God's Work
- The Spirit of Self-denial and Sacrifice
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Chapter 49—The Christian Attitude Toward Want and Suffering
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Chapter 50—Christians in All the World Become One in Christ
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Chapter 51—The Prayer Meeting
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Chapter 52—Baptism
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Chapter 53—The Lord's Supper
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Chapter 54—Prayer for the Sick
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Chapter 55—The Medical Work
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Chapter 56—Relations With Those Not of Our Persuasion
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Chapter 57—Our Relations to Civil Rulers and Laws
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Chapter 58—Satan's Deceptive Work
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Chapter 59—False Science—Satan's Modern Robe of Light
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Chapter 60—Satan's Lying Wonders
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Chapter 61—The Coming Crisis
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Chapter 62—The Sifting Time
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Chapter 63—Some Things to Remember
- Chapter 64—Christ Our Great High Priest
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Chapter 65—Joshua and the Angel
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Chapter 66—“Behold, I Come Quickly”
Never Correct a Child When Angry
If your children are disobedient, they should be corrected. Before correcting them, go by yourself, and ask the Lord to soften and subdue the hearts of your children and to give you wisdom in dealing with them. Never in a single instance have I known this method to fail. You cannot make a child understand spiritual things when the heart [the parent's heart] is stirred with passion.CCh 197.2
You should correct your children in love. Do not let them have their own way until you get angry, and then punish them. Such correction only helps on the evil, instead of remedying it.CCh 197.3
To manifest passion toward an erring child is to increase the evil. It arouses the worst passions of the child and leads him to feel that you do not care for him. He reasons with himself that you could not treat him so if you cared.CCh 197.4
And think you that God takes no cognizance of the way in which these children are corrected? He knows, and He knows also what might be the blessed results if the work of correction were done in a way to win rather than to repel.303Child Guidance, 244, 245CCh 197.5