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

needle. She looks pale and careworn. All through
the hard winter she has struggled to sustain herself
and her children. She has received a little help, but
who would feel any lack if a still greater interest
were manifested in this case? Here are her two
boys, aged about nine and eleven years, who need
homes. Who are willing to give them homes for
Christ's sake? The mother should be released from
this care and close confinement to her needle.
These boys are in a village, their only guardian
their hard-working mother. They need to be taught
how to work as their age will admit. They need to
be patiently, kindly, lovingly instructed. Some may
say: "Oh, yes, I would take them and teach them
how to work." But they should not lose sight of
other things which these children need besides
being taught to work. They need to be instructed
how they shall develop good Christian character.
They want love and affection, they need to be fitted
to become useful here, and finally to be prepared
for heaven. Disrobe yourselves of selfishness, and
see if there are not many whom you can help and
bless with your homes, your sympathy, your love,
and in pointing them to the Lamb of God, who
38