Avoid every thing that may hurt your soul; be not an object of scandal to any one, and watch well that ye let not drop one unbecoming word. Should your father according to the flesh seek to turn you from the service of God, answer him that you have a Father who is in heaven. Should your mother or sister oppose the execution of your designs, tell them they are mortal, and may be deceived, but “He who made me, He shall guide me.” He that gives himself up to the service of God, shall want for nothing.