Favors to be Received as Well as Imparted . Just as long as we are in this world, and the Spirit of God is striving with the world, we are to receive as well as to impart favors. We are to give to the world the light of truth as presented in the Sacred Scriptures, and we are to receive from the world that which God moves upon them to do in behalf of His cause. The Lord still moves upon the hearts of kings and rulers in behalf of His people, and it becomes those who are so deeply interested in the religious liberty question not to cut off any favors, or withdraw themselves from the help that God has moved men to give, for the advancement of His cause. {TM 202.2}

Begunstigede antages så vel som uvildige
Lige så længe som vi er i denne verden, og Guds Ånd strides med verden, modtages vi ligesom ubegunstigede modtages. Vi skal give verden sandhedens lys som det er fremstillet i de indviede skrifter, og vi skal tage imod dem fra verden som Gud tilskynder os til at gøre i hans sags bedste. Herren rører stadig ved kongers og myndigheders hjerter til sit folks bedste, og det tilkommer ikke dem som er så dybt interesserede i spørgsmålet og religiøs frihed at frasige sig nogen anden gunst, eller undlade at modtage den hjælp som Gud har påvirket mennesker til at give, for hans sags skyld.