Wife Cheerfully to Help Husband Maintain Dignity—I have also been shown that there is often a great failure on the part of the wife. She does not put forth strong efforts to control her own spirit and make home happy. There is often fretfulness and unnecessary complaining on her part. The husband comes home from his labor weary and perplexed, and meets a clouded brow instead of cheerful, encouraging words. He is but human, and his affections become weaned from his wife, he loses the love of his home, his pathway is darkened, and his courage destroyed. He yields his self-respect and that dignity which God requires him to maintain. {1MCP 160.4}

Hustruen hjælper manden med glæde at fastholde værdigheden. - Det er tillige blevet vist mig, at der ofte foreligger en stor mangel fra hustruens side. Hun gør sig ingen store anstrengelser for at beherske sit sind og gøre hjemmet lykkeligt. Der er ofte pirrelighed og unødig klage fra hendes side. Manden kommer træt og bekymret hjem fra sit arbejde og møder et trist ansigt i stedet for venlige, opmuntrende ord. Han er kun et menneske og hans hengivenhed vendes bort fra hans hustru, ham taber kærligheden til sit hjem, hans sti bliver formørket (161) og noget tilintetgøres. Han giver slip på sin selvagtelse og på den værdighed, som Gud kræver, at han skal opretholde.