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Being a Friend to the Family—The sisters can do much to reach
the heart and make it tender. Wherever you are, my sisters, work in
simplicity. If you are in a home where there are children, show an
interest in them. Let them see that you love them. If one is sick, offer
to give him treatment; help the careworn, anxious mother to relieve
her suffering child.—
The Review and Herald, November 11, 1902
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People Saved as Individuals, Not in Masses—Salt must be min-
gled with the substance to which it is added; it must penetrate and
infuse in order to preserve. So it is through personal contact and associ-
ation that men are reached by the saving power of the gospel. They are
not saved in masses, but as individuals. Personal influence is a power.
We must come close to those whom we desire to benefit.—Mount of
Blessing, p. 59. (1896).
Need for Women Counselors—If any woman, no matter who,
casts herself upon your sympathy, [
Addressed to a Conference
President.—Compilers.
] are you to take her up and encourage her
and receive letters from her and feel a special responsibility to help
her? My brother, you should change your course with regard to such
matters, and set a right example before your brother ministers. Keep
your sympathy for the members of your own family, who need all that
you can give them.
When a woman is in trouble, let her take her trouble to women. If
this woman who has come to you has cause of complaint against her
husband, she should take her trouble to some other woman who can, if
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necessary, talk with you in regard to it, without any appearance of evil.
You do not seem to realize that your course in this matter is exerting
a wrong influence. Be guarded in your words and actions.—
Letter
164, 1902
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A Grand Work in Which Heaven Unites—The work you are do-
ing [
Addressed to a woman of broad public experience who had joined
the Seventh-day Adventist Church.—Compilers.
] To help our sisters
feel their individual accountability to God is a good and necessary
work. Long has it been neglected. But when this work is laid out in
clear, simple, definite lines, we may expect that home duties, instead
of being neglected, will be done much more intelligently. The lord
would have us ever to urge the worth of the human soul upon those
who do not understand its value.