God is now testing and proving His people. Character is being developed. Angels are weighing moral worth, and keeping a faithful record of all the acts of the children of men.... That God who reads the hearts of everyone, will bring to light hidden things of darkness where they are often least suspected, that stumbling blocks which have hindered the progress of truth may be removed. {FLB 218.4}

Gud forsøger og prøver Sit folk nu. Karakteren udvikles. Engle vejer den moralske værdi, og holder nøje optegnelse over alle menneskebørnenes handlinger. . . . Så Gud, der læser og hører enhvers hjerte, vil bringe de mørkets skjulte ting - som man mindst tænker på - frem i lyset, så anstødstene som har forhindret sandhedens udbredelse, vil fjernes.