Daily Reading for Monday, November 11, 2024
Scripture: 1 Timothy 5:8
"If any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel."
Meditation:
Reference(s):
1 A Solemn Appeal, pp. 103, 110, 111.
"Many have entered the marriage relation who have not acquired property, and who have had no inheritance. They did not possess physical strength or mental energy, to acquire property. It has been just such ones who have been in haste to marry, and who have taken upon themselves responsibilities of which they had no just sense. They did not possess noble, elevated feelings, and had no just idea of the duty of a husband and father, and what it would cost them to provide for the wants of a family. And they manifested no more propriety in the increase of their families than that shown in their business transactions. Those who are seriously deficient in business tact, and who are the least qualified to get along in the world, generally fill their houses with children; while men who have ability to acquire property, generally have no more children than they can well provide for. . . .
"Parents should not increase their families any faster than they know that their children can be well cared for, and educated."1