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lines, we may expect that home duties, instead of being neglected, will
be done much more intelligently. The Lord would have us ever to urge
the worth of the human soul upon those who do not understand its
value.
If we can arrange to have regular, organized companies instructed
intelligently in regard to the part they should act as servants of the
Master, our churches will have a life and vitality that they have long
needed. The excellency of the soul Christ has saved will be appreciated.
Our sisters generally have a hard time with their increasing families
and their unappreciated trials. I have so longed for women who could
be educated to help our sisters rise from their discouragement and
feel that they could do a work for the Lord. This is bringing rays of
sunshine into their own lives, which are reflected into the hearts of
others. God will bless you and all who unite with you in this grand
work.—
Letter 54, 1899
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The Lord Has a Work for Women—The Lord has a work for
women as well as for men. They may take their places in His work
at this crisis, and He will work through them. If they are imbued
with a sense of their duty, and labor under the influence of the Holy
Spirit, they will have just the self-possession required for this time.
The Saviour will reflect upon these self-sacrificing women the light of
His countenance, and will give them a power that exceeds that of men.
They can do in families a work that men cannot do, a work that reaches
the inner life. They can come close to the hearts of those whom men
cannot reach. Their labor is needed.—
The Review and Herald, August
26, 1902
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Women Have a High Destiny—Sisters, we may do a noble work
for God if we will. Woman does not know her power. God did not
intend that her capabilities should be all absorbed in questioning: What
shall I eat? what shall I drink? and wherewithal shall I be clothed?
There is a higher purpose for woman, a grander destiny. She should
develop and cultivate her powers, for God can employ them in the
great work of saving souls from eternal ruin.—
Testimonies for the
Church 4:642
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We may safely say that the dignity and importance of woman’s
mission and distinctive duties are of a more sacred and holy character
than the duties of man.... Let woman realize the sacredness of her work