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brought them to the front and worked through them for the salvation
of many lives.—
Letter B-22, 1911
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The Mother’s First Responsibility—The mother’s influence
never ceases. It is ever active, either for good or for evil; and if she
would have her work abide the test of the Judgment, she must make
God her trust and labor with an eye single to His glory. Her first duty
is to her children, to so mold their characters that they may be happy
in this life and secure the future, immortal life. She should not be
influenced by what Mrs. So-and-So does, nor by the remarks of Mrs.
A. or B. in reference to her being so odd, so different from other
people in her dress or in the arrangement of her house for comfort
rather than display or in the management of her children.
God has given the mother, in the education of her children, a re-
sponsibility paramount to everything else.—
Good Health, June, 1880
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Society Has Claims Upon Women—It is woman’s right to look
after the interest of her husband, to have a care for his wardrobe, and
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to seek to make him happy. It is her right to improve her mind and
manners, to be social, cheerful, and happy, shedding sunshine in her
family and making it a little heaven. And she may have an interest for
more than “me and mine.” She should consider that society has claims
upon her.—
The Health Reformer, June, 1873
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A Work Outside Our Homes—Men and women are not fulfilling
the design of God when they simply express affection for their own
family circle, for their rich relatives and friends, while they exclude
those from their love whom they could comfort and bless by relieving
their necessities....
When the Lord bids us do good for others outside our home, He
does not mean that our affection for home shall become diminished,
and that we shall love our kindred or our country less because He
desires us to extend our sympathies. But we are not to confine our
affection and sympathy within four walls, and enclose the blessing
that God has given us, so that others will not be benefited with us in
its enjoyment.—
The Review and Herald, October 15, 1895
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Enlarging the Sphere of Usefulness—All have not the same
work. There are distinct and individual duties for each to perform; yet
with these varied duties there may be a beautiful harmony, binding the
work of all together in perfect fitness. Our heavenly Father requires of
none to whom He has given but one talent, the improvement of five.