Chapter 27—The Care of Orphans
Christian Fathers and Mothers Needed—Until death shall be
swallowed up in victory there will be orphans to be cared for, who
will suffer in more ways than one if the tender compassion and loving-
kindness of our church members are not exercised in their behalf.
The Lord bids us, “Bring the poor that are cast out to thy house.”
Christianity must supply fathers and mothers for these homeless ones.
The compassion for the widow and the orphan manifested in prayers
and deeds will come up in remembrance before God, to be rewarded
by and by.—
The Review and Herald, June 27, 1893
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Christ Says, Take These Children—Fatherless and motherless
children are thrown into the arms of the church, and Christ says to His
followers: Take these destitute children, bring them up for Me, and ye
shall receive your wages. I have seen much selfishness exhibited in
these things. Unless there is some special evidence that they themselves
are to be benefited by adopting into their family those who need homes,
some turn away and answer: No. They do not seem to know or care
whether such are saved or lost. That, they think, is not their business.
With Cain they say: “Am I my brother’s keeper?” They are not willing
to be put to inconvenience or to make any sacrifice for the orphans,
and they indifferently thrust such ones into the arms of the world, who
are sometimes more willing to receive them than are these professed
Christians. In the day of God inquiry will be made for those whom
Heaven gave them the opportunity of saving. But they wished to be
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excused, and would not engage in the good work unless they could
make it a matter of profit to them. I have been shown that those who
refuse these opportunities for doing good will hear from Jesus: “As ye
did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to Me.”—
Testimonies
for the Church 2:33
Open Your Hearts and Your Homes—My husband and I, though
called to arduous labor in the ministry, felt it our privilege to gather into
our home children who needed care, and help them to form characters
for heaven. We could not adopt infants, for this would have engrossed
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