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may never be allowed to come to any one of the brethren in the office.
Especially do I commend Brother C to your care. Shall he die for
want of air, the vitalizing air of heaven? The course he is pursuing is
really shortening his life. Through his confinement indoors his blood
is becoming foul and sluggish, the liver is deranged, the action of the
heart is not right. Unless he works a change for himself, nature will
take the work into her own hands. She will make a grand attempt to
relieve the system by expelling the impurities from the blood. She
will summon all the vital powers to work, and the whole organism
will be deranged, and all this may end in paralysis or apoplexy. If he
should ever recover from this crisis, his loss of time would be great;
but the probabilities of recovery are very small. If Brother C cannot
be aroused, I advise you, brethren, who have an interest in the cause
of present truth, to take him, as Luther was taken by his friends, and
carry him away from his work.
Since writing the above, I learn that most of Thoughts on the
Revelation, was written in the night, after the author’s day’s work
was done. This was the course which my husband pursued; I protest
against such suicide. The brethren whom I have mentioned, who are
so closely confined in the office, would be serving the cause of God
by attending meetings and taking periods of recreation. They would
be preserving physical health and mental strength in the best condition
to devote to the work. They should not be left to feel crippled because
they are not earning wages. Their wages should go on and they be
free. They are doing a great work.
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