There are children ... who have been taught from their youth to observe the Sabbath. Some of these are very good children, faithful to duty as far as temporal matters are concerned; but they feel no deep conviction of sin and no need of repentance from sin.... As there are no outbreaking sins in their own lives, they flatter themselves they are about right. To these youth I am authorized to say: Repent ye and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out.... You are required to repent, believe, and be baptized. Christ was wholly righteous; yet He, the Saviour of the world, gave man an example by Himself taking the steps which He requires the sinner to take to become a child of God, and heir of heaven. {FLB 147.3}

Der er børn . . . som er blevet belært fra deres ungdom at overholde sabbaten. Nogle af disse er meget gode børn, trofaste så vidt det angår timelige sager; men de nærer ikke en dyb overbevisning om synden og ingen behov for at angre fra synden. . . Når der ikke er brud med synderne i deres egne liv, bilder de sig selv ind at de har ret. Til disse unge er jeg bemyndiget at sige: Angre og omvend jer, så jeres synder kan slettes ud. . . . I behøver at angre, tro og blive døbt. Kristus var helt retfærdig; alligevel gav Han, verdens Frelser, menneskerne et eksempel i sig selv, ved at han tog de skridt som Han forlanger at synderen skal tage, for at han kan blive et Guds barn, og arving af himlen.