I spoke ... plainly and in clear lines in reference to his past work and what a loss it had been to the office. His connection with Free Masonry had absorbed his time and blunted his spiritual perception. His mind, his thoughts, had been upon this body, this association; and there were infidels, winebibbers, and every class. And he was bound up with these secret organizations. There was only one thing he could do—sever his connection with them and be wholly on the Lord’s side; for he could not possibly serve God and mammon. {Ev 621.1}

Jeg talte . . . tydeligt og i klare linjer om hans tidligere arbejde, og hvilket tab det har været for embedskontoret. Hans tilknytning til Frimurerbevægelsen har taget hans tid og sløvet hans åndelige skarpsindighed. Hans sind og hans tanker var over dette organ og denne forening; og der var hedninge, vindrankere, og alle klasser. Og han var bundet op til disse hemmelige organisationer. Der var kun en ting han kunne gøre - adskille sin forbindelse med dem og være helt på Herrens side; for det var ikke muligt for ham at tjene Gud og mammon.