Minister’s Family
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An Effectual Sermon on Godliness—The minister should in-
struct the people upon the government of children, and his own chil-
dren should be examples of proper subjection
There should exist in the minister’s family a unity that will preach
an effectual sermon on practical godliness. As the minister and his wife
faithfully do their duty in the home, restraining, correcting, advising,
counseling, guiding, they are becoming better fitted to labor in the
church and are multiplying agencies for the accomplishment of God’s
work outside the home. The members of the family become members
of the family above and are a power for good, exerting a far-reaching
influence
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16
Letter 1, 1877
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17
Gospel Workers, 204, 205
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