If they would take the position which God would have them, their last days might be their best and happiest. Those who have children in whose honesty and judicious management they have reason to confide, should let their children make them happy. Unless they do this, Satan will take advantage of their lack of mental strength and will manage for them. They should lay aside anxiety and burdens and occupy their time as happily as they can, and be ripening up for heaven.—Testimonies for the Church 1:423, 424 (1864). {2MCP 748.1}

Dersom de ville indtage det standpunkt, som Gud ønsker, de skulle indtage, kunne deres sidste dage blive de bedste og lykkeligste. De, der har børn, hvis hæderlighed og skønsomme ledelse de har grund til at stole på, skulle lade deres børn gøre dem lykkelige. Medmindre de gør dette, vil Satan drage fordel af deres mangel på mandskraft og overtage ledelsen for dem. De bør lægge ængstelse og byrder til side, tilbringe deres tid så lykkeligt, som de kan og modnes for himmelen. — Vidnesbyrd for menigheden 1:423, 424 (1864).