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

and assume authority. This displeases Heaven and
grieves the pitying angels. You have conducted
yourself in your family as though you alone were
capable of self-government. It has offended you
that your wife should venture to oppose your
opinion or question your decisions.
After much long-suffering on her part, and
patient waiting upon your whims, she has rebelled
against unjust authority, and has become nervous
and distracted, and shown contempt for your
course. You have made the most of these
manifestations on her part, and have charged her
with sin and being led by the spirit of the devil,
when you were the one at fault. You drove her
almost to desperation, and afterward taunted her
with it. How easy it would have been for you to
have made her life cheerful and pleasant. But it has
been the opposite of this.
You have been rather indolent. You have not
been ambitious to exercise the strength the Lord
has given you. This is your capital. A judicious use
of this strength, and persevering, industrious habits,
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