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Chapter 9—Everyday Religion
Brother and Sister L,
I was shown that you have a work to do to set your house in
order. Brother L, you have not properly represented the truth; you
have loved the truth, but it has not had that sanctifying influence
upon your life which it must have if you would be fitted for the
society of heavenly angels in the kingdom of glory. You are a rough
stick and need much hewing and need to remain in the workshop of
God until the rough edges are removed, the uneven surface made
smooth, and you are pronounced fit for the building.
You should be careful not to introduce the subjects of present
truth everywhere. You can do more in living the truth than in talking
it to others. You can do very much by example. You need to be very
circumspect in your business transactions, to carry out in them the
principles of your faith. Be faithful in deal, thorough in labor, ever
bearing in mind that it is not your employer’s eye alone that is to
inspect your work, but that the eye of God is upon all the transactions
of your life. Angels of God are viewing your work, and it should
be a part of your religion to have every piece of work marked with
truth and faithfulness. “He that is faithful in that which is least is
faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also
in much.” God wants to make you right, holy, and true.
You do not speak wisely and judiciously to your wife and chil-
dren. You should cultivate kindness and gentleness. Your children
have not had the best influence and example before them. They
should not control you, but you them, not harshly, not overbearingly,
but with firmness and steadiness of purpose.
Sister L, you have a great battle before you in order to overcome.
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You have let self keep the victory. Your stubborn will is the greatest
enemy you have. You have an unsubdued temper, and do not control
your tongue. The lack of self-control has been a great injury to
yourself and to your family. Happiness, quietude, and peace have
abode in your dwelling but a short period at a time. If your will
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