Sacred Circle
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Let Each Help the Other—The family firm is a sacred, social
society, in which each member is to act a part, each helping the other.
The work of the household is to move smoothly, like the different parts
of well-regulated machinery
Every member of the family should realize that a responsibility
rests upon him individually to do his part in adding to the comfort,
order, and regularity of the family. One should not work against an-
other. All should unitedly engage in the good work of encouraging one
another; they should exercise gentleness, forbearance, and patience;
speak in low, calm tones, shunning confusion; and each doing his
utmost to lighten the burdens of the mother....
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Each member of the family should understand just the part he is
expected to act in union with the others. All, from the child six years
old and upward, should understand that it is required of them to bear
their share of life’s burdens
A Fitting Resolve—I must grow in grace at home and wherever I
may be, in order to give moral power to all my actions. At home I must
guard my spirit, my actions, my words. I must give time to personal
culture, to training and educating myself in right principles. I must be
an example to others. I must meditate upon the word of God night and
day and bring it into my practical life. The sword of the Spirit, which
is the word of God, is the only sword which I can safely use
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Manuscript 129, 1903
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10
Testimonies For The Church 2, 699, 700
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Manuscript 13, 1891
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