Parents do not generally suspect that their children understand anything about this vice. In very many cases the parents are the real sinners. They have abused their marriage privileges, and by indulgence have strengthened their animal passions. And as these have strengthened, the moral and intellectual faculties have become weak. The spiritual has been overborne by the brutish. Children are born with the animal propensities largely developed, the parents’ own stamp of character having been given to them. The unnatural action of the sensitive organs produces irritation. They are easily excited, and momentary relief is experienced in exercising them. But the evil constantly increases. The drain upon the system is sensibly felt. The brain force is weakened, and memory becomes deficient. Children born to these parents will almost invariably take naturally to the disgusting habits of secret vice. The marriage covenant is sacred, but what an amount of lust and crime it covers! Those who fee…
"For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:"
Both passages discuss unnatural sexual practices and their consequences. The EGW passage expands on the idea of corrupted desires and their impact on future generations, while Romans 1:26 speaks of God giving people up to vile affections as a consequence of their rejection of Him. The connection is thematic, dealing with sexual sin and its consequences.