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and the woman who presides over it: “Her children arise up, and
call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.” What greater
commendation can be desired by the mistress of a home than that
which is here expressed
If she [the true wife and mother] looks to God for her strength
and comfort, and in His wisdom and fear seeks to do her daily duty,
she will bind her husband to her heart and see her children coming to
maturity honorable men and women, having moral stamina to follow
the example of their mother
The great stimulus to the toiling, burdened mother should be that
every child who is trained aright, and who has the inward adorning,
the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, will have a fitness for heaven
and will shine in the courts of the Lord
The Joys of Heaven to Begin in the Home—Heaven and earth
are no wider apart today than when shepherds listened to the angels’
song. Humanity is still as much the object of heaven’s solicitude as
when common men of common occupations met angels at noonday
and talked with the heavenly messengers in the vineyards and the
fields. To us in the common walks of life heaven may be very near.
Angels from the courts above will attend the steps of those who come
and go at God’s command
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The life on earth is the beginning of the life in heaven; education
on earth is an initiation into the principles of heaven; the lifework here
is a training for the lifework there. What we now are, in character and
holy service is the sure foreshadowing of what we shall be
The service rendered in sincerity of heart has great recompense.
“Thy Father which seeth in secret Himself shall reward thee openly.”
By the life we live through the grace of Christ, the character is formed.
The original loveliness begins to be restored to the soul. The attributes
of the character of Christ are imparted, and the image of the Divine
begins to shine forth. The faces of men and women who walk and
work with God express the peace of heaven. They are surrounded with
the atmosphere of heaven. For these souls the kingdom of God has
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The Health Reformer, December, 1877
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The Signs of the Times, November 29, 1877
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Testimonies For The Church 3, 566
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The Desire of Ages, 48
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Education, 307
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