"For many years I have borne a heavy burden in behalf of the Negro race. My heart has ached as I have seen the feeling against this race growing stronger and still stronger, and as I have seen that many Seventh-day Adventists are apparently unable to understand the necessity for an earnest work being done quickly. Years are passing into eternity with apparently little done to help those who were recently a race of slaves. 9T 204.2"
"Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ."
EGW expresses bearing a burden for the Negro race, which aligns with the concept of bearing one another's burdens as described in Galatians 6:2. The context of racial injustice adds a specific dimension to the general principle.
"One of the difficulties attending the work is that many of the white people living where the colored people are numerous are not willing that special efforts should be put forth to uplift them. When they see schools established for them, when they see them being taught to be self-supporting, to follow trades, to provide themselves with comfortable homes instead of continuing to live in hovels, they see the possibility that selfish plans will be interfered with—that they will no longer be able to hire the Negro for a mere pittance; and their enmity is aroused. They feel that they are injured and abused. Some act as if slavery had never been abolished. This spirit is growing stronger as the Spirit of God is being withdrawn from the world, and in many places it is impossible now to do that work which could have been done for the colored people in past years. 9T 204.3"
"And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
The EGW passage describes the mistreatment and lack of support for the colored people, which is contrasted with Jesus' teaching in Matthew 25:40 about caring for the 'least of these.' Helping the colored people can be seen as doing something for Christ.
"If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?"
The EGW passage describes the resistance to uplifting the colored people, which is similar to the scenario in James 2:15-16 where people are not given practical help despite their needs. Both passages highlight the hypocrisy of not providing tangible support to those in need.