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right to expect it. If these expectations are not realized, the husband’s
influence is more than half destroyed.
The wife of a minister can do much if she will. If she possesses the
spirit of self-sacrifice, and has a love for souls, she can with him do
almost an equal amount of good. A sister-laborer in the cause of truth
can understand and reach some cases, especially among the sisters,
that the minister cannot.—
Testimonies For The Church 1:452
(1864).
Dress of Ministers’ Wives—Especially should the wives of our
ministers be careful not to depart from the plain teachings of the
Bible on the point of dress. Many look upon these injunctions as too
old fashioned to be worthy of notice; but He who gave them to His
disciples understood the dangers from the love of dress in our time,
and sent to us the note of warning. Will we heed the warning and
be wise? Extravagance in dress is continually increasing. The end
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is not yet. Fashion is constantly changing, and our sisters follow in
its wake, regardless of time or expense. There is a great amount of
means expended upon dress, when it should be returned to God the
giver.—
Testimonies For The Church 4:630, 631
(1864).
Example of Home Religion—Let the minister’s wife who has
children remember that in her home she has a missionary field in which
she should labor with untiring energy and unflagging zeal, knowing
that the results of her work will endure throughout eternity. Are not
the souls of her children of as much value as the souls of the heathen?
Then let her tend them with loving care. She is charged with the
responsibility of showing to the world the power and excellence of
home religion. She is to be controlled by principle, not by impulse,
and she is to work with the consciousness that God is her helper. She
is to allow nothing to divert her from her mission.
The influence of the mother who has a close connection with Christ
is of infinite worth. Her ministry of love makes the home a Bethel.
Christ works with her, turning the common water of life into the wine
of heaven. Her children will grow up to be a blessing and an honor to
her in this life and in the life to come.—
Gospel Workers, 206
(1915).
The Important Work at Home—If married men go into the work,
leaving their wives to care for the children at home, the wife and mother
is doing fully as great and important a work as is the husband and father.
While one is in the missionary field, the other is a home missionary,
whose cares and anxieties and burdens frequently far exceed those of