Chapter 28—Adopting Children
Let Families Adopt Children—There is a special work to be
done for the children more advanced in years. Let families of our faith
who in the churches can do so, adopt these little ones, and they will
receive a blessing in so doing.—
Letter 205, 1899
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There are persons who have no little ones of their own, who may
do good by adopting children. Those who have not the sacred respon-
sibility of proclaiming the Word and laboring directly for the salvation
of souls, have duties in other lines of work. If they are consecrated
to God, and are qualified to mold and fashion human minds, the Lord
will bless them in caring for the children of others.
But let the children of believers have our first consideration. There
are among Sabbathkeepers very many large families of children that
are not properly cared for. Many parents give evidence that they have
not learned of Christ the lessons that would make them safe guardians
of children. Their children do not receive proper training. And there
are among us many children whom death has deprived of the parents’
care. There are those who might take some of these children and seek
to mold and fashion their characters according to Bible principles.—
Manuscript 35, 1896
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God has a people in this world, and there are many who can adopt
children and care for them as God’s little ones.—
Letter 68, 1899
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Children of Believers—The Lord would have every church con-
sider it a religious obligation resting upon them to adopt the babies
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of those whose parents have died in the faith. Let families take these
little orphans.—
Manuscript 44, 1900
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Counsel to a Childless Couple—You have not felt that it was
required of you to be interested in others, to make their cases your
own, and to manifest an unselfish interest for the very ones who stand
most in need of help. You have not reached out to help the most needy,
the most helpless.
Had you children of your own to call into exercise care, affection,
and love, you would not be so much shut up to yourselves and to your
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