十九世纪后半叶，在一些改正教会中，女性被赋予更重要的领导地位。基督复临安息日会也是如此。{DG 11.1}
1871至1883年，总会的十一位司库中有三位是女性。1852至1899年间，《青年导报》的十九位编辑中有十一位是女性。 弗洛拉·普拉姆姐妹担任总会安息日学部主理达23年之久。基督复临安息日会在1878至1910年间给31位女性颁发了传道证书。{DG 11.2}
怀爱伦经常指出：“主既给男人工作，也给女人工作。……她们能接近男子所不能接近的人。”(《评论与通讯》1902年8月26日){DG 11.3}
本书汇编了怀爱伦在主的工作中有关女性的重要教导，还收录了有关自尊和生活各方面平衡的篇章。虽然这些篇章中的大部分原来是针对男性的，然而也同样适用于女性。在现今高压力的社会中，有许多女性要工作，也有许多单身母亲要去供养其家庭所需。本书将进一步重塑并维持女性自尊之感，并帮助女性知晓自己在上帝眼中是何等重要。{DG 11.4}
本书中的少许内容必须在其文化、社会和时代背景下理解。“关于证言，没有可以被忽略或废弃的内容，但是必须考虑时间和地点”(《信息选粹》 卷一57页)。我们设法提供足够的背景信息来帮助读者。我们也提供了出处及其发表时间，或是怀爱伦去世后出版物的原著时间。在少数情形下，当无法找到原版时，我们会标注出其较迟的出处及其写作时间。书中的副标题是编者所加的。{DG 12.1}
《神的女儿》旨在鼓励、启发和帮助世界各地的女性。其中囊括了引导女性在各项工作上努力达到最高理想的教导，无论是个人的还是职业方面的。每一个女人在我们天父的眼中都有无价的。祂创造女人站在男人身旁，在祂面前有同等的价值，并要在所赐予他的工作上与他合作。天父赐下祂的独生子为全人类而死，为每个人也是为所有人，为男人也为女人。{DG 12.2}
希望全球的信徒都能从阅读本书中获得新的亮光和福气。上帝需要祂子民所有的才能都用来协助完成祂地上的圣工。{DG 12.3}
怀爱伦著作著托管委员会
1998年
DURING THE LAST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY WOMEN WERE GIVEN GREATER LEADERSHIP ROLES IN SOME PROTESTANT CHURCHES. THIS WAS TRUE OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. {DG 11.1}[1]
THREE OF THE FIRST ELEVEN TREASURERS OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE (1871-1883) WERE WOMEN. OF THE NINETEEN EDITORS OF THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR WHO SERVED BETWEEN 1852 AND 1899, ELEVEN WERE WOMEN. L. FLORA PLUMMER HEADED THE SABBATH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE FOR 23 YEARS. THE ADVENTIST CHURCH DURING 1878-1910 LICENSED 31 WOMEN TO PREACH.{DG 11.2}[2]
ELLEN WHITE OFTEN POINTED OUT THAT "THE LORD HAS A WORK FOR WOMEN, AS WELL AS FOR MEN. . . . THEY CAN COME CLOSE TO THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHOM MEN CANNOT REACH." (RH AUG. 26, 1902.){DG 11.3}[3]
SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF ELLEN WHITE'S COUNSEL TO WOMEN IN THE WORK OF GOD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TOGETHER IN THIS VOLUME. INCLUDED ALSO ARE CHAPTERS ON SELF-RESPECT AND ON BALANCE IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE. MOST OF THE COUNSEL IN THESE CHAPTERS, THOUGH ORIGINALLY DIRECTED TO MEN, IS EQUALLY APPLICABLE TO WOMEN. IN TODAY'S HIGH-PRESSURE SOCIETY MANY WOMEN ARE WAGE EARNERS, OFTEN SINGLE MOTHERS TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. THE CONTENT OF THESE CHAPTERS WILL GO FAR TOWARD RESTORING AND SUSTAINING A SENSE OF SELF-RESPECT, HELPING WOMEN TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE IMPORTANT AND VALUED IN GOD'S SIGHT. {DG 11.4}[4]
A FEW OF THE STATEMENTS IN THIS BOOK MUST BE UNDERSTOOD IN THE LIGHT OF THEIR CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND TIME CONTEXT. "REGARDING THE TESTIMONIES, NOTHING IS IGNORED; NOTHING IS CAST ASIDE; BUT TIME AND PLACE MUST BE CONSIDERED" (1SM 57). TO ASSIST THE READER, WE HAVE ENDEAVORED TO PROVIDE ENOUGH CONTEXT FOR A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING. WE ALSO HAVE GIVEN THE DATE AND SOURCE OF PUBLICATION, OR THE ORIGINAL DATE OF WRITING WHEN PUBLICATION WAS AFTER ELLEN WHITE'S DEATH. IN A FEW CASES, WHEN THE ORIGINAL PUBLICATION IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE, WE HAVE GIVEN A MORE RECENT SOURCE, ALONG WITH THE DATE OF WRITING. SIDE HEADINGS THROUGHOUT THE BOOK HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED BY THE COMPILERS. {DG 12.1}[5]
DAUGHTERS OF GOD IS DESIGNED TO BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT, INSPIRATION, AND AFFIRMATION TO WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD. IT INCLUDES COUNSELS THAT LEAD WOMEN TO STRIVE FOR THE HIGHEST IDEALS IN WHATEVER WALK OF LIFE THEY FIND THEMSELVES, BE IT PERSONAL OR PROFESSIONAL. EVERY WOMAN IS OF INESTIMABLE VALUE IN THE SIGHT OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. HE CREATED WOMAN TO STAND BY THE SIDE OF MAN, EQUAL IN VALUE BEFORE GOD, AND ASSOCIATED WITH HIM IN THE WORK HE WAS GIVEN TO DO. THE FATHER GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON TO DIE FOR THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE, INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY, MALE AND FEMALE.{DG 12.2}[6]
IT IS OUR HOPE THAT CHURCH MEMBERS AROUND THE WORLD WILL GAIN NEW INSIGHTS AND BLESSINGS FROM READING THIS VOLUME. GOD NEEDS THE TALENTS OF ALL HIS PEOPLE TO HELP FINISH HIS WORK ON EARTH.{DG 12.3}[7]
THE TRUSTEES OF THE ELLEN G. WHITE ESTATE[8]
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