In your own family you have occupied a dignified and rather haughty position. There are defects in your wife, of which you are aware. They have led to bad results. She is not naturally a housekeeper. Her education in this direction must be acquired. She has improved some, and should apply herself earnestly to make greater improvement. She lacks order, taste, and neatness in housekeeping and also in dress. It would be pleasing to God if she should train her mind upon these things wherein she lacks. She does not have good government in her family. She is too yielding, and fails to maintain her decisions. She is swayed by the desires and claims of her children, and yields her judgment to theirs. Instead of trying to improve in these respects, as it is her duty to do, she is glad of an opportunity or an excuse to release herself from home cares and responsibilities, and permits others to perform the duties in her family that she should educate herself to love to do. She cannot perform her part as a wife and mother until she shall educate herself in this direction. She lacks confidence in herself. She is timid and retiring, and distrustful of herself. She has a very poor opinion of what she does, and this discourages her from doing more. She needs encouragement; she needs words of tenderness and affection. She has a good spirit. She is meek and quiet, and the Lord loves her; yet she should make thorough efforts to correct these evils which tend to make her family unhappy. Practice in these things will give her confidence in her own ability to perform her duties aright. {2T 297.3}


Vidnesbyrd for menigheden bind 2 kapitel 43. 297.     Fra side 297 i den engelske udgave.tilbage

Mandens og hustruens pligter

I din egen familie har du haft et ophøjet og nærmest arrogant standpunkt. Der er mangler hos din hustru, hvilket du er klar over. De har ført til to dårlige resultater. Hun er ikke en naturlig husholder. Hun må have noget uddannelse i den retning. Hun har udnyttet noget af sin uddannelse og burde bruge sig selv ganske alvorligt for at blive bedre. Hun mangler orden, smag og renhed i hendes husholdning og også i klæderne. Det ville behage Gud hvis hun oplærte sine tanker i de ting hvor hun lider mangel. Hun har ikke god ledelse over sin familie. Hun er for eftergivende og kan ikke fastholde sine beslutninger. Hun vakler af hendes børns beslutninger og forlangender og overgiver sin dømmekraft til dem. I stedet for at forsøge på at blive bedre til dette, hvad er hendes pligt, vil hun gerne have en anledning til, eller en undskyldning for at fritage sig selv for huslige pligter og ansvar. I stedet for lader hun andre udføre hendes opgaver i hendes familie - opgaver som hun ellers selv skulle lære at holde af, (298) at gøre. Hun mangler selvtillid. Hun er forskræmt og tilbageholdende og mistror sig selv. Hun har en meget dårlig mening om det hun selv laver og det afskrækker hende fra at gøre mere. Hun behøver opmuntring, hun behøver nænsomme og kærlige ord. Hun har en god ånd. Hun er sagtmodig og fredelig og Herren elsker hende; dog bør hun gøre store anstrengelser for at rette disse onder som får familien til at være ulykkelig. Langmodighed i disse ting vil give hende tillid til hendes egne evner til at udføre pligterne rigtigt.

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