Has God given us a work to do? Has God bidden us to go amid opposing influences and convert men from error to truth? Why have not the men and women who have so frequently gathered to the large assemblies in Battle Creek put into practice the truth which they have heard? If they had imparted the light which they had received, what a transformation of character we would have seen! For every grace imparted God would have given grace. The work that has been done for them has not been prized as it should have been, or they would have gone forth into the darkened places of the earth and shed abroad the light which God has shed upon them. They would have given to the world the message of the righteousness of Christ through faith, and their own light would have become clearer and clearer, for God would have worked with them. Many have gone into the grave in error, simply because those who professed the truth have failed to communicate the precious knowledge they have received. If the light that has shone in superabundance in Battle Creek had been diffused we would have seen many raised up to become laborers together with God. {TM 255.2}

Har Gud givet os et arbejde at udføre? Har Gud budt os at gå midt iblandt modstand og omdanne mennesker fra vildfarelse til sandhed? Hvorfor har mænd og kvinder der så tit har samles i den store forsamling på Battle Creek ikke ført sandheden som de har hørt ud i livet. Hvis de havde videregivet det lys som de har modtaget, hvilken en karakterforvandling ville vi have set! For enhver nåde der videregives ville Gud have givet nåde. Det arbejde der har været gjort for dem, har ikke været værdsat som det burde have været, ellers ville de have gået frem til jordens formørkede steder og spredt det lys ud som Gud har spredt over dem. De ville have givet verden gennem tro Kristi retfærdigheds budskab, (256) og deres eget lys ville blive klarere og klarere, for Gud ville have arbejdet med dem. Mange er gået i graven i vildfarelse, ganske enkelt fordi dem der bekendte sig til sandheden fejlede i at overbringe den kostbare kundskab som de havde taget imod. Hvis lyset der har skinnet i overflod på Battle Creek havde været spredt ville vi have set mange stå op og blive arbejdere sammen med Gud. til videre studium: Vejledning for menigheden, bd 2, side 138-139; bd 3, side 356-359, (Testimonies, vol 5, side 463; vol 9, side 357-261).