Husbands should study the pattern and seek to know what is meant by the symbol presented in Ephesians, the relation Christ sustains to the church. The husband is to be as a Saviour in his family. Will he stand in his noble, God-given manhood, ever seeking to uplift his wife and children? Will he breathe about him a pure, sweet atmosphere? Will he not as assiduously cultivate the love of Jesus, making it an abiding principle in his home, as he will assert his claims to authority?— Manuscript 17, 1891. (The Adventist Home, 117.) {1MCP 160.1}

(160) Mændene bør studere mønsteret, og forsøge at vide hvad symbolet, som efeserne fik, hvad det betyder, det forhold Kristus har til menigheden. Manden skal være en Frelser for sin familie. Vil han stå i sin ædle, gudsgivne manddom, og altid forsøge at opløfte sin hustru og børn? Vil han udånde en ren og liflig atmosfære omkring sig? Vil han ikke ganske ihærdigt opelske kærlighed for Jesus, gøre det til et blivende princip i hans hjem, idet han vil forfægte sine krav på autoritet? - MS 17, 1891. (AH 117.)