We prayed with him most earnestly, and I told him that I dared not have him cross the threshold of the door until he would before God and angels and those present say, “I will from this day be a Christian.” How my heart rejoiced when he said this. He slept none that night. He said as soon as he made the promise he seemed to be in a new channel. His thoughts seemed purified, his purposes changed, and the responsibility that he had taken seemed so solemn that he could not sleep. The next day he notified his employer that he could work for him no longer. He slept but little for three nights. He was happy, so thankful that the Lord had evidenced to him His pardon and His love.—Letter 59, 1886. {Ev 450.4}

Vi bad meget alvorligt med ham, og jeg fortalte ham at jeg ikke vovede at få ham over dørtærsklen før han over for Guds engle og de tilstedeværende ville sige: ”Jeg vil fra i dag af være en kristen.” Hvor mit hjerte jublede da han sagde dette. Han sov ikke den nat. Han sagde at ligeså snart som han gav (451) løftet var det som at være i en ny kanal. Hans tanker virkede at være rensede, hans mål forandret, og det ansvar han havde påtaget virkede så højtideligt at han ikke kunne sove. Den næste dag sagde han op hos sin arbejdsgiver, at han ikke kunne arbejde hos ham længere. Han sov kun lidt i tre nætter. Han var lykkelig, så taknemmelig for at Herren havde vist ham Sin tilgivelse og Sin kærlighed. – Brev 59, 1886.