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God would have him. These motherless children are God’s little ones,
precious in His sight. Naturally Brother M has a tender, refined, lov-
ing, generous, sensitive nature, while his wife is exactly the opposite.
Instead of his molding and softening the character of his wife, she is
transforming him.
He thinks that in order to have peace he must let things pass which
trouble his mind. He has learned that submission and the yielding of
her opinion are not to be expected. She will rule; she will carry out
her ideas at any cost. Unless they are both in earnest in their efforts
to reform, they will not obtain eternal life. They have had light, but
have neglected to follow it. Selfish love of the world has blinded their
perceptions and hardened their hearts. J needs to see that unless she
lays aside her selfishness, and overcomes her will and her temper, she
cannot have heaven. She would mar all heaven with these elements in
her character. I warn Sister J to repent. I call upon her in the name of
my Master to arouse quickly from her stupid indifference, to heed the
counsel of the True Witness, and zealously repent; for she is imperiling
her soul.
God is merciful. He will now accept the offering of a broken heart
and a contrite spirit. Will Sister J excuse herself as did the Levite and
the priest, for not seeing and feeling others’ woes, and pass by on
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the other side? God holds her accountable for neglect of duty in not
exercising sympathy and tenderness for the unfortunate. She does not
keep the commandments of God which plainly show her duty to her
neighbor. Said Christ to the lawyer: “This do, and thou shalt live.”
Thus a neglect of duty to our neighbor will result in our loss of eternal
life.
Family Exclusiveness
K, poor child, like many others, has a work to do that she has never
dreamed of. She has backslidden from God. Her thoughts are too much
upon herself, and she seeks to please the world, not by disinterested
love for souls and by seeking to turn them to Christ, but by her lack of
spirituality, and her conformity to the world in spirit and works. She
should die to self and obtain an experience in well-doing. She is cold
and unsympathizing. She needs to have all this icy, unapproachable
spirit subdued, melted away by the sunshine of Christ’s love. She is