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which you had brought about yourselves, was the time when the right
kind of labor would have brought a harvest of souls to Jesus Christ.
It is really not wise to have children now. Time is short, the perils
of the last days are upon us, and the little children will be largely
swept off before this. If men and women who can work for God
would consider that while they are pleasing themselves in having little
children and caring for them, they might be at work teaching the way
of salvation to large numbers and bringing many sons and daughters
to Christ, great would be their reward in the kingdom of God.
Adelia, my heart is pained because you have made a failure, be-
cause you have robbed God. You are naturally fearful, borrowing
trouble. You could not have rest or peace of mind separated from your
children; and the worrying disposition you have closes up the way for
your work. And this is not all: the work is greatly neglected.—
Letter
48, 1876
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