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point. This work for the WCTU has a wearying and discouraging side,
and we should unite in helping our sister. Only eternity will reveal
what has been accomplished by this kind of ministry, how many souls,
sick with doubt, and tired of worldliness and unrest, have been brought
to the Great Physician, who longs to save to the uttermost all who will
come unto Him. Christ is a risen Saviour, and there is healing in His
wings.—
Manuscript Releases 7:165 (1899)
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Death of Mrs. S.M.I. Henry Brings a Real Loss to the Cause of
God
Mrs. Henry Had a Work to Do Among WCTU Members—I
feel very sad in regard to Sister Henry’s death. The light given me by
the Lord was that He had a work for her to do among the WCTU, and
that her strength must not be absorbed among our people. She could do
for the WCTU that which no other one in our ranks could do, and she
must not allow our people to lead her to use her God-given capabilities
upon them. The Lord would go before her in her work.—
Manuscript
Releases 7:167 (1900)
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Work Through Women of Influence in Tenderness and Love—
Do not represent truth and the situation of things as so formidable that
those belonging to the WCTU will turn away in despair. There are
vital truths upon which they have had very little light. They should
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be dealt with in tenderness, in love, and with respect for their good
work.... Withhold your condemnation till you and our people have
done all that can be done to reach them, not by the learned arguments
of ministers, but through women of influence working as Sister Henry
worked.—
Manuscript Releases 1:125 (1900)
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Excellence of the Soul—Sister Henry’s whole soul was enlisted
in the work of reform, and her influence was a savor of life unto life.
Her personal labors we shall greatly miss. She has borne her testimony
unfalteringly, yet judiciously. When convicted of the truth, her soul
was glad, and without seeking to make excuse she came thankfully to
the gospel feast. She rejoiced in the privilege of receiving precious
truth, which makes the soul wise unto salvation, and in gratitude to
God for His rich favors she felt herself under obligation to impart to
others. As she had freely received, she freely gave. Faithfully did she
testify to the truth. And she did this, not merely as a duty, as the work