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and helpers have borne for small wages. We have taken stock in the
Institute to the amount of fifteen hundred dollars, which is “assigned,”
but which is a small consideration compared with the wear we have
suffered in consequence of former reckless managers. But as the Insti-
tute now stands higher in reputation and patronage than ever before,
and as the property is worth more than all the money that has been
invested, and as former errors have been corrected, those who have lost
their confidence have no excuse for cherishing feelings of prejudice.
And if they still manifest a lack of interest, it will be because they
choose to cherish prejudice rather than to be led by reason.
In the providence of God, Brother A has given his interest and
energies to the Health Institute. He has had an unselfish interest to
advance the interests of the Institute and has not spared or favored him-
self. If he depends on God and makes Him his strength and counselor
he can be a blessing to physicians, helpers, and patients. He has linked
his interest to everything connected with the Institute and has been a
blessing to others in cheerfully bearing burdens which were neither
few nor light. He has blessed others, and these blessings will again be
reflected upon him.
But Brother A is in danger of taking upon himself burdens which
others can and should bear. He should not wear himself out in doing
those things which others, whose time is less valuable, can do. He
should act as a director and superintendent. He should preserve his
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strength, that with his experienced judgment he can direct others what
to do. This is necessary in order for him to maintain a position of
influence in the Institute. His experience in managing with wisdom
and economy is valuable. But he is in danger of separating his interest
too much from his family, of becoming too much absorbed in the
Institute, and of taking too many burdens upon himself, as my husband
has done. My husband’s interest for the Health Institute, the Publishing
Association, and the cause generally was so great that he broke down
and has been compelled to retire from the work for a time, when, had he
done less for these institutions and divided his interest with his family,
he would not have had a constant strain in one direction, and would
have preserved his strength to continue his labors uninterruptedly.
Brother A is the man for the place. But he should not do as my
husband has done, even if matters are not in as prosperous a condition
as if he devoted his entire energies to them. God does not require