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disciples the instruction that He would have them practice in their
daily lives. They were to take His life as an example, and follow in
His steps.
The apostle presents this matter before us also in its true light, and
says: “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness
of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every
man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let
this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus; who, being in the
form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made
himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and
was made in the likeness of men; and being found in fashion as a man,
he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death
of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given
him a name which is above every name.”—
The Signs of the Times,
July 16, 1896
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The Widow of Nain
This chapter is based on
Luke 7:11-15
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Jesus gave her only son, who had died, back to the widow of Nain
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Jesus knows the burden of every mother’s heart. He who had a
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mother that struggled with poverty and privation sympathizes with
every mother in her labors. He who made a long journey in order to
relieve the anxious heart of a Canaanite woman will do as much for
the mothers of today. He who gave back to the widow of Nain her
only son, and who in His agony upon the cross remembered His own
mother, is touched today by the mother’s sorrow. In every grief and
every need He will give comfort and help.—
The Desire of Ages, 512
(1898)
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The Saviour raised the dead to life. One of these was the widow’s
son at Nain. The people were carrying him to the grave, when they
met Jesus. He took the young man by the hand, lifted him up, and gave
him alive to his mother. Then the company went back to their homes
with shouts of rejoicing and praise to God.—
The Story of Jesus, 79
(1896)
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Women at the Cross