There is a work for women that is even more important and elevating than the duties of the king upon his throne. They may mold the minds of their children and shape their characters so that they may be useful in this world and that they may become sons and daughters of God. Their time should be considered too valuable to be passed in the ballroom or in needless labor. There is enough necessary and important labor in this world of need and suffering without wasting precious moments for ornamentation or display. Daughters of the heavenly King, members of the royal family, will feel a burden of responsibility to attain to a higher life, that they may be brought into close connection with heaven and work in unison with the Redeemer of the world. Those who are engaged in this work will not be satisfied with the fashions and follies which absorb the mind and affections of women in these last days. If they are indeed the daughters of God they will be partakers of the divine nature. They will …
"Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ."
EGW's statement about women becoming "sons and daughters of God" echoes the sentiment in Galatians 4:7 about being sons and heirs of God through Christ, although it is not a direct quote or explicit allusion. The connection is thematic, focusing on the idea of being children of God.