Sarcasm Offensive—When in your discourses, you denounce with bitter sarcasm that which you wish to condemn, you sometimes offend your hearers, and their ears are turned from hearing you further. Carefully avoid any severity of speech that might give offense to those you desire to save from error; for it will be difficult to overcome the feelings of antagonism thus aroused.... {Ev 304.2}

Sarkasme er uforskammet - Når du i dine prædikener, bekender dig med bitter sarkasme at du ønsker at fordømme, fornærmer du nogle gange dine tilhører, og deres ører vendes fra, så de ikke lytter på dig mere. Undgå enhver form for hård tale som kan fornærme dem du ønsker at redde fra vildfarelse, for det vil være vanskeligt at overvinde de modstridende følelser der er overvundet. . . . .