True, pure love is precious. It is heavenly in its influence. It is deep and abiding. It is not spasmodic in its manifestations. It is not a selfish passion. It bears fruit. It will lead to a constant effort to make your wife happy. If you have this love, it will come natural to make this effort. It will not appear to be forced. If you go out for a walk or to attend a meeting, it will be as natural as your breath to choose your wife to accompany you and to seek to make her happy in your society. You regard her spiritual attainments as inferior to your own, but I saw that God was better pleased with her spirit than with that possessed by yourself. You are not worthy of your wife. She is too good for you. She is a frail, sensitive plant; she needs to be cared for tenderly. She earnestly desires to do the will of God. But she has a proud spirit, and is timid, shrinking from reproach. It is as death to her to be the subject of observation or remark. Let your wife be loved, honored, and cherished, in fulfillment of the marriage vow, and she will come out of that reticent, diffident position which is natural to her. {2T 416.2}

(426) »Også tungen er en ild. Som en verden af uretfærdighed.« »Klogskab gør Mennesket sindigt, hans Ære er at overse Brøde.« »Den sindige er rig på Indsigt, den heftige driver det vidt i Dårskab.« »Større end Helt er sindig Mand, større at styre sit Sind end at tage en Stad.« » Det ved I, mine elskede brødre. Enhver skal være snar til at høre, sen til at tale, sen til vrede; thi et menneskes vrede virker ikke det, som er ret for Gud.« »Den, som har Kundskab tøjler sin Tale, Mand med Forstand er koldblodig."