You have a diseased imagination and deserve pity. Yet no one can help you as well as yourself. If you want faith, talk faith; talk hopefully, cheerfully. May God help you to see the sinfulness of your course. You need help in this matter, the help of your daughter and your wife. If you suffer Satan to control your thoughts as you have done, you will become a special subject for him to use and will ruin your own soul and the happiness of your family. What a terrible influence has your daughter had! The mother, not receiving love and sympathy from you, has centered her affections upon the daughter and has idolized her. She has been a petted, indulged, and nearly spoiled child through the exercise of injudicious affection. Her education has been sadly neglected. Had she been instructed in household duties, taught to bear her share of the family burdens, she would now be more healthy and happy. It is the duty of every mother to teach her children to act their part in life, to share her burdens, and not be useless machines. {1T 699.2}

Du har en sygelig indbildning og fortjener medlidenhed. Alligevel kan ingen hjælpe dig så godt som du selv kan. Hvis du ønsker tro, så tal om tro; tal forhåbningsfuldt og muntert. Måtte Gud hjælpe dig til at se din syndige fremgangsmåde. Du behøver hjælp i denne sag, hjælpen fra din datter og din kone. Hvis du lader Satan at styre de tanker du har gjort dig, vil du være et særligt mål han benytter sig af og han vil ødelægge din egen sjæl og din families lykke. Hvilken frygtelig påvirkning har din datter ikke fået! Moderen, som ikke har fået kærlighed og (700) forståelse fra dig, har samlet sin hengivenhed om datteren og har forgudet hende. Hun er blevet et forkælet og næsten ødelagt barn på grund af uforstandig hengivenhed. Hendes opdragelse er sørgelig forsømt. Var hun blevet belært i de huslige pligter, lært at bære sin del af familiens byrder, ville hun nu være mere sund og lykkelig. Det er enhver moders pligt at lære sine børn, at gøre deres del i livet, at dele hendes byrder og ikke være ubrugelige maskiner.