Those who have long looked upon this subject see it quite clearly and think all others should see it just as they do. They do not consider that with some newly come to the faith this matter looks like denying all their former religious experience. But in time they will come to regard the matter differently. As the truth is constantly unfolding to their minds, they will see advanced steps to be taken; new light will flash upon their pathway; God’s Spirit will work upon their minds, if men will not interfere and seek to drive them to the positions which they think are truth. {Ev 374.3}

Dem, som længe har set på dette spørgsmål, ser det helt klart, og tænker at andre også gør det. De tænker ikke over at, for dem som lige er kommet ind i troen, ser det mere ud som en fornægtelse af alle deres tidligere religiøse erfaring. Men med tiden vil de komme til at se anderledes på det. Idet sandheden hele tiden folder sig ud i deres sind, vil skridt blive taget fremad; nyt lys vil glimte på deres stivej; Guds Ånd vil arbejde med deres sind, hvis mennesker ikke blander sig, og forsøger at drive dem til et standpunkt, som de mener er sandhed.