He has instituted this service, that it may speak constantly to our senses of the love of God that has been expressed in our behalf.... This service cannot be repeated without one thought linking itself with another. Thus a chain of thought calls up remembrances of blessings, of kindnesses, and of favors received from friends and brethren, that have passed out of mind. The Holy Spirit, with its quickening, vivifying power, presents the ingratitude and lack of love that have sprung from the hateful root of bitterness. Link after link of memory’s chain is strengthened. The Spirit of God is at work upon human minds. The defects of character, the neglect of duties, the ingratitude to God, are brought to the remembrance, and the thoughts are brought into captivity to Christ.—The Review and Herald, June 7, 1898. {Ev 274.2}

Han har indstiftet denne tjeneste, da den hele tiden skal tale til vor fornemmelse for Guds kærlighed, som er blevet udtrykt for vor skyld. . . . Denne tjeneste kan ikke gentages uden at tænke på sammenkædningen med den anden. Derved kalder en tankekædes erindringer til velsignelse, imødekommenhed, gunst modtages fra venner og brødre, som er kommet ud af tankerne. Helligånden viser, med sin opildnede og livgivende kraft, den utaknemmelighed og manglende kærlighed som udspringer fra bitterhedens hadefulde rod. Led for led styrkes på erindringens kæde. Guds Ånd arbejder på menneskenes tanker. Karaktermangler, pligtforsømmelighed, utaknemmelighed mod Gud kommer frem i erindringen, og tankerne fængsles hos Kristus. - Review and Herald, 7.juni 1898.