Mind, Character, and Personality Vol. 2 - Second Advent Revival

Bond of Union.--The tenderest earthly tie is that between the mother and her child.
The child is more readily impressed by the life and example of the mother than by that
of the father; for a stronger and more tender bond of union unites them. Mothers have a
heavy responsibility. If I could impress upon them the work which they can do in
molding the minds of their children, I should be happy. --2T 536 (1870).
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Christ the Greatest Friend.--Great importance is attached to our associations. We
may form many that are pleasant and helpful, but none are so precious as that by which
finite man is brought into connection with the infinite God. When thus united, the words
of Christ abide in us. . . . The result will be a purified heart, a circumspect life, and a
faultless character. But it is only by acquaintance and association with Christ that we
can become like Him, the one Faultless Example.--ST, Sept 10, 1885. (ML 190.) {2MCP
611.1}
Comfort for the Mind and Peace for the Soul.--The physician who proves himself
worthy of being placed as leading physician in a sanitarium will do a grand work. But his
work in religious lines should ever be of such a nature that the divine antidote for the
relief of sin-burdened souls will be presented before the patients. All physicians should
understand that such work should be done with tenderness and wisdom. In our
institutions where mental patients are brought for treatment, the comforting words of
truth spoken to the afflicted one will often be the means of soothing the mind and
restoring peace to the soul.--Lt 20, 1902. (MM 189.) {2MCP 611.2}
A Gift of God.--Every good impulse or aspiration is the gift of God; faith receives
from God the life that alone can produce true growth and efficiency.--Ed 253 (1903).
{2MCP 611.3}
The Inner Satisfaction of Being Right.--Unselfishness, the principle of God's
kingdom, is the principle that Satan hates; its very existence he denies. From the
beginning of the great controversy he has endeavored to prove God's principles of
action to be selfish, and he deals in the same way with all who serve God. To disprove
Satan's claim is the work of Christ and of all who bear His name. {2MCP 611.4}
It was to give in His own life an illustration of unselfishness that Jesus came in the
form of humanity. And all
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who accept this principle are to be workers together with Him in demonstrating it in
practical life. To choose the right because it is right; to stand for truth at the cost of
suffering and sacrifice--"this is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their
righteousness is of Me, saith the Lord" (Isaiah 54:17).--Ed 154, 155 (1903). {2MCP
611.5}
For Confidence and Cooperation, World Is Indebted to Law of God.--For all that
makes confidence and cooperation possible, the world is indebted to the law of God, as