Responsibility of Spiritual Laymen to New Converts . Church Patiently to Help New Converts—Those who have newly come to the faith should be patiently and tenderly dealt with, and it is the duty of the older members of the church to devise ways and means to provide help and sympathy and instruction for those who have conscientiously withdrawn from other churches for the truth’s sake, and thus cut themselves off from the pastoral labor to which they have been accustomed. The church has a special responsibility laid upon her to attend to these souls who have followed the first rays of light they have received; and if the members of the church neglect this duty, they will be unfaithful to the trust that God has given them.—The Review and Herald, April 28, 1896. {Ev 351.1}

Åndelige lægmænd og nyomvendtes ansvar.
Menigheden hjælper de nyomvendte tålmodigt. - Dem som for nylig er kommet til troen bør behandles tålmodigt og ømt, og det er ældre menighedsmedlemmers pligt at udtænke veje og midler til hjælp, forståelse og undervisning af dem som i god tro drages ud af andre menigheder for sandhedens skyld, og derved afskærer sig selv fra det pastorale arbejde som de har vænnet sig til. Menigheden har et særligt ansvar på sig, for at tage sig af disse sjæle, som har fulgt de første lysstråler de fik; og hvis menighedsmedlemmerne forsømmer denne opgave, er de upålidelige over for det som Gud har betroet dem. - Review and Herald, 28. april 1896.