Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in
heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls." The
great difficulty is, there is so little meekness and
lowliness that the yoke galls and the burden is
heavy. When we possess true meekness and
lowliness we are so lost in Christ that we do not
take neglect or slights to heart; we are deaf to
reproach and blind to scorn and insult.
Sister I, as the peculiarities of your case come
clearly before me, I see a serious objection to your
traveling. You do not take upon yourself the
burdens that you should. You call forth sympathy
from others, but do not give in return. You lay your
whole weight where you are, and too frequently are
waited upon when those who bear their own
burden and yours also are no more able to do this
than yourself. You are too helpless for your own
good, and the influence is not such as that of a
minister's wife should be. You need more physical
labor than you have; and from what has been
shown me, I think that you would be more in the
line of your duty engaging cheerfully in the work
of educating your daughter and encouraging a love
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