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Testimonies on Sexual Behavior, Adultery, and Divorce
your influence in the home and in the church, and among unbelievers
as well.
In past years we have had opportunity to observe several marriages
of this sort, and the results have always been of a character to create
great misery in the family life.
Now, my sister, I appeal to you to act like a woman of superior
judgment. Do, I beseech of you, preserve every jot of your influence,
in order that you may use it to the glory of God in giving wise counsel
to your own children. You are held accountable before God for the
good influence you may now have the power of exerting. For your
own sake, and for the sake of your children, cut this matter short.
In the night season I was saying, Give your children, as a true
mother, an example of living faith in God, and thus retain the respect
and confidence that otherwise you might forever lose.—
Letter 26,
1910
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