Let each one who sits in council and in committee meetings write in his heart the words: I am working for time and for eternity. I must give an account to God for all the motives which prompt me to action. Let this be his motto. Let the prayer of the psalmist go up to God, “Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.” {TM 418.1}

Lad enhver som sidder i råd og i komiteer skrive i sit hjerte disse ord: Jeg arbejder for tid og for evighed. Jeg skal aflægge regnskab for Gud for alle de motiver som tilskynder mig til handling. Lad dette være hans motto. Lad salmistens bøn gå op til Gud, »Herre, sæt vagt ved min mund, vogt mine læbers dør! Bøj ikke mit hjerte til ondt, til at gøre gudløs gerning sammen med udådsmænd; deres lækre mad vil jeg ikke smage.«