Study God’s Methods . As a people we should study God’s plans for conducting His work. Wherever He has given directions in regard to any point, we should carefully consider how to regard His expressed will. This work should have special attention. It is not wise to choose one man as president of the General Conference. The work of the General Conference has extended, and some things have been made unnecessarily complicated. A want of discernment has been shown. There should be a division of the field, or some other plan should be devised to change the present order of things.... {TM 342.1}

Studer Guds fremgangsmåder
Som et folk bør vi studere Guds planer for at udføre hans arbejde. Hvordan han end giver anvisninger med hensyn til et hvilket som helst punkt, bør vi omhyggeligt tænke over hvordan hans udtrykte vilje skal respekteres. Dette bør have særlig opmærksomhed. Det er ikke klogt at vælge én mand som formand for General Konferensen. Arbejdet i General Konferensen har udvidet sig, og visse ting er gjort unødigt komplicerede. Der er vist et ønske om skarpsindighed. Der bør være en opdeling af marken, eller andre planer bør udtænkes for at ændre den nuværende orden af tingene.…