"Many a widowed mother with her fatherless children is bravely striving to bear her double burden, often toiling far beyond her strength in order to keep her little ones with her and to provide for their needs. Little time has she for their training and instruction, little opportunity to surround them with influences that would brighten their lives. She needs encouragement, sympathy, and tangible help. MH 203.1"
"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world."
The EGW passage provides a specific example of the affliction of widows and fatherless children, directly relating to the call in James 1:27 to visit and care for them.
"Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow."
The EGW passage directly reflects the call in Isaiah 1:17 to 'judge the fatherless, plead for the widow' by highlighting the needs of widowed mothers and fatherless children and advocating for their support.
"God calls upon us to supply to these children, so far as we can, the want of a father's care. Instead of standing aloof, complaining of their faults, and of the trouble they may cause, help them in every way possible. Seek to aid the careworn mother. Lighten her burdens. MH 203.2"
"A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation."
Both passages emphasize God's care for the vulnerable and call on believers to reflect that care, particularly towards orphans and widows. The EGW passage directly applies the principle of God's care to the actions of believers.
"Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ."
The EGW passage directly applies the principle of bearing one another's burdens to the specific context of helping careworn mothers and children. It's a practical application of the broader principle.
"whose characters they may fashion after the divine similitude. Place your love upon the homeless members of the human family. See how many of these children you can bring up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Many would thus be greatly benefited themselves. MH 203.4"
"And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord."
EGW directly references the concept of bringing children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, which is the core message of Ephesians 6:4.