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

Brother P, you have been slothful in bearing the
burdens which every father should bear in his
family; and, as the result, the burden which has
been left for the mother to bear has been very
heavy. You have been too willing to excuse
yourself from care and burdens at home and
abroad. When, in the fear of God, with solemnity
of mind in view of the judgment, you resolutely
take the burden that Heaven has designed you
should take, and when you have done all that you
can on your part, then you can pray
understandingly, with the Spirit, and in faith, for
God to do that work for your children which it is
beyond the power of man to perform.
Brother P has not made a judicious use of
means. Wise judgment has not influenced him as
much as have the voices and desires of his
children. He does not place the estimate that he
should upon the means in his hands and expend it
cautiously for the most needful articles, for the
very things he must have for comfort and health.
The entire family need to improve in this respect.
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