Testimonies for the Church Vol 1 - Lansing SDA Church

620 Testimonies for the Church Volume 1[676]addressing several brethren in this vicinity, recommending that theysend for Sister More and give her a home till we should return. I say:We did what we could.But why should we feel interested in this sister, more than others?What did we want of this worn-out missionary? She could not doour housework, and we had but one child at home for her to teach.And, certainly, much could not be expected of one worn as she was,who had nearly reached three-score years. We had no use for her, inparticular, only to bring the blessing of God into our house. Thereare many reasons why our brethren should have taken greater interestin the case of Sister More than we. We had never seen her, and hadno other means of knowing her history, her devotion to the cause ofChrist and humanity, than all the readers of the Review. Our brethrenat Battle Creek had seen this noble woman, and some of them knewmore or less of her wishes and wants. We had no money with whichto help her; they had. We were already overburdened with care andneeded those persons in our house who possessed the strength andbuoyancy of youth. We needed to be helped, instead of helping others.But most of our brethren in Battle Creek are so situated that SisterMore would not have been the least care and burden. They have time,strength, and comparative freedom from care.Yet no one took the interest in her case that we did. I even spoketo the large congregation before we went East last fall, of their neglectof Sister More. I spoke of the duty of giving honor to whom it is due;it appeared to me that wisdom had so far departed from the prudentthat they were not capable of appreciating moral worth. I told thatchurch that there were many among them who could find time to meet,and sing, and play their instruments of music; they could give theirmoney to the artist to multiply their likenesses, or could spend it toattend public amusements; but they had nothing to give to a wornoutmissionary who had heartily embraced the present truth and hadcome to live with those of like precious faith. I advised them to stopand consider what we were doing, and proposed that they shut uptheir instruments of music for three months and take time to humblethemselves before God in self-examination, repentance, and prayeruntil they learned the claims which the Lord had upon them as Hisprofessed children. My soul was stirred with a sense of the wrong