"***** Chapter 116—Books and Tracts The proper circulation and distribution of our publications is one of the most important branches of the present work. But little can be done without this. And our ministers can do more in this work than any other class of persons. It is true that a few years ago many of our preachers were carrying the matter of the sale of books too far. Some of them added to the stock which they held for sale, not only publications of little real value, but also articles of merchandise equally valueless. 1T 687"
"Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine."
Both passages relate to the duties of ministers. 2 Timothy 4:2 urges ministers to preach the word, while the EGW passage discusses the importance of ministers circulating publications, which contain the word. There's a thematic parallel in the responsibility of ministers to spread the message.
“God's people should be governed by higher principles than worldlings, who seek to gauge all their course of action according to fashion. God-fearing parents should train their children for a life of usefulness.... Prepare them to bear burdens while young. If your children have been unaccustomed to labor, they will soon become weary. They will complain of side ache, pain in the shoulders, and tired limbs; and you will be in danger, through sympathy, of doing the work yourselves, rather than have them suffer a little. Let the burden upon the children be very light at first, and then increase it a little every day, until they can do a proper amount of labor without becoming so weary. Inactivity is the greatest cause of side ache and shoulder ache among children.... 1T 686.2 “Mothers should take their daughters with them into the kitchen and patiently educate them. Their constitution will be better for such labor, their muscles will gain tone and strength, and their meditations will be mo…
"And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
Romans 12:2 urges believers not to conform to the world but to be transformed. EGW directly echoes this sentiment by stating that "God's people should be governed by higher principles than worldlings." The EGW passage then applies this principle to the specific context of child-rearing and avoiding worldly fashions and values.
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
The EGW passage directly applies the principle of training children for a specific purpose (usefulness and bearing burdens) which aligns with the general principle of Proverbs 22:6 about training a child in the way they should go. The EGW passage provides a specific application of this principle.
"Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
Both passages discuss burdens and rest. Matthew 11:29-30 speaks of Jesus' yoke being easy and his burden light, offering rest to the soul. EGW uses the concept of a 'burden' in the context of work and training children, suggesting a gradual increase in responsibility. While not a direct allusion, there's a thematic parallel in the idea of managing burdens appropriately.