It was this state of matters relative to the health reform and the Health Institute, with which other things were brought to bear, that made it my duty to speak as I did in Testimony No. 13. I well knew that that would produce a reaction and trial in many minds. I also knew that a reaction must come sooner or later, and, for the good of the Institute and the cause generally, the sooner the better. Had matters been moving in a wrong direction, to the injury of precious souls and the cause generally, the sooner this could be checked, and they be properly directed the better. The further the advance, the greater the ruin, the greater the reaction, and the greater the general discouragement. The misdirected work must have such a check; there must be time to correct errors and start again in the right direction. {1T 634.2}

Det var i den situation, som sundhedsreformen og sundhedsinstitutionen var i, som andre ting blev brugt på, at jeg gjorde det til min pligt at tale som jeg gjorde i vidnesbyrd nr 13. Jeg vidste godt at det ville fremkalde en reaktion og prøvelser hos mange. Jeg vidste også at en reaktion måtte komme før eller siden og, til fordel for institutionen og (635) sagen i almindelighed, jo før jo bedre. Var tingene gået i en forkert retning, til skade for de dyrebare sjæle og sagen i almindelighed, des hurtigere kunne dette bremses og de bliver rettet ordentligt til det bedre. Jo længere det skrider frem, des større er ødelæggelsen, jo større reaktion, des større er den generelle afskrækkelse. Det vildledte arbejde må standses sådan; der må være tid til at rette fejl og igen starte i den rigtige retning.