It has not been after God’s order to center so much in Battle Creek. The state of things now exists that was presented before me as a warning. I am sick at heart at the representation. The Lord gave warnings to prevent this demoralizing condition of things, but they have not been heeded. “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden underfoot of men.” {TM 373.2}

Det har ikke været efter Guds ordre at centralisere så meget på Battle Creek. Som sagerne er nu var de fremstillet for mig som en advarsel. Jeg er syg om hjertet ved den fremstilling. Herren gav advarsler om at forhindre denne demoraliserene tilstand af tingene, men de er ikke blevet ænset. »I er jordens salt; men hvis saltet mister sin kraft, hvad skal det da saltes med? Så duer det kun til at kastes ud og trædes ned af mennesker.«