Manuscript Releases, vol. 1 [Nos. 19-96]

“Be of Good Courage”

[At the same time she wrote to Dr. Starr]:

Be of good courage in the Lord.... I am deeply interested in the W. C. T. U. It is the Lord's pleasure that you should feel free to act in concert with them. It is by uniting with them in their labors that we shall be able to bring to these people an understanding of the claims of the fourth commandment. I believe there are many honest souls in this organization, who, when they are convinced of the claims of the Bible Sabbath, will obey the dictates of conscience.... 1MR 129.1

I am not afraid that you will lose your interest or backslide from the truth because you interest yourself in this people who have taken such a noble stand for the temperance question, and I shall urge our people, and those not of our faith, to help us in carrying forward the work of Christian temperance.... 1MR 129.2

Be encouraged to continue your work for the W. C. T. U. Unite with them in their good work as far as you can do so without compromising any principle of truth. Lead them to see that there is more light for them in the Word of God. God has shown you that it is your privilege to unite with these workers that you may give them a more intelligent understanding of the principles of His Word. Letter 278, 1907, pp. 1, 2, 5. (To Dr. Lillis Wood-Starr. September 5, 1907.) 1MR 129.3

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