It is said that Hume, the skeptic, was in early life a conscientious believer in the Word of God. Being connected with a debating society, he was appointed to present the arguments in favor of infidelity. He studied with earnestness and perseverance, and his keen and active mind became imbued with the sophistry of skepticism. Erelong he came to believe its delusive teachings, and his whole afterlife bore the dark impress of infidelity.—The Signs of the Times, October 11, 1910. (Child Guidance, 196.) {1MCP 285.3}

Det siges, at skeptikeren Hume samvittighedsfuldt troede på Guds ord som ung. Som medlem af en diskussionsklub blev han udpeget til at fremholde argumenter til fordel for vantroen. Han studerede alvorligt og vedholdende, og hans skarpsindige, aktive sind blev gennemsyret af skepticismens spidsfindigheder. Snart begyndte han at tro på dens illusoriske lære, og hele hans liv blev derefter præget af vantroens mørke. - ST, 11.okt, 1910. (Bih 190.)