Mind, Character and Personality, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

the Almighty, he had stood the severest trial of
faith; but in this time of discouragement, with
Jezebel’s threat sounding in his ears and Satan still
apparently prevailing through the plotting of this
wicked woman, he lost his hold on God. He had
been exalted above measure, and the reaction was
tremendous.—Prophets and Kings, 161, 162
(1917).
Controlling a Depressed Mind.—The mother
can and should do much toward controlling her
nerves and mind when depressed; even when she is
sick, she can, if she only schools herself, be
pleasant and cheerful and can bear more noise than
she would once have thought possible. She should
not make the children feel her infirmities and cloud
their young sensitive minds by her depression of
spirits, causing them to feel that the house is a
tomb and the mother’s room the most dismal place
in the world. The mind and nerves gain tone and
strength by the exercise of the will. The power of
the will in many cases will prove a potent soother
of the nerves.—Testimonies for the Church 1:387
(1863).
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