Chapter 2 11. Faith’s Triumph Over Natural Affection—As soon as the little one was old enough to be separated from its mother, she fulfilled her solemn vow. She loved her child with all the devotion of a mother’s heart; day by day her affections entwined about him more closely as she watched his expanding powers, and listened to the childish prattle; he was her only son, the especial gift of heaven; but she had received him as a treasure consecrated to God, and she would not withhold from the Giver His own. Faith strengthened the mother’s heart, and she yielded not to the pleadings of natural affection (The Signs of the Times, October 27, 1881).{2BC 1008.7}

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11. Troens sejr over naturlig hengivenhed.-- Lige så snart som den lille var gammel nok til at blive skilt fra sin mor, opfyldte hun et højtideligt løfte. Hun elskede hendes barn af hele en moders hjertes; dag for dag indflettede hendes hengivenhed ham mere nært, idet hun overvågede hans voksende kræfter, og lyttede til barnets pludren; han var hendes eneste søn, himlens særlige gave; men hun tog i mod ham som en skat der var helliget Gud, og hun ville ikke tilbageholde giveren hvad er Hans. Tro styrkede moderens hjerte, og hun gav ikke efter den naturlige hengivenheds anledninger (ST 27.okt., 1881).