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

When you were little in your own eyes, then you
were beloved of God.
Music has been a snare to you. You are
troubled with self-esteem; it is natural for you to
have exalted ideas of your own ability. Teaching
music has been an injury to you. Many women
have confided their family difficulties to you. This
has also been an injury to you. It has exalted you
and led you to still greater self-esteem.
In your own family you have occupied a
dignified and rather haughty position. There are
defects in your wife, of which you are aware. They
have led to bad results. She is not naturally a
housekeeper. Her education in this direction must
be acquired. She has improved some, and should
apply herself earnestly to make greater
improvement. She lacks order, taste, and neatness
in housekeeping and also in dress. It would be
pleasing to God if she should train her mind upon
these things wherein she lacks. She does not have
good government in her family. She is too yielding,
and fails to maintain her decisions. She is swayed
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