The darkest clouds seemed to shut down over us. Wicked men professing godliness, under the command of Satan were hurried on to forge falsehoods, and to bring the strength of their forces against us. If the cause of God had been ours alone, we might have trembled; but it was in the hands of Him who could say: “No one is able to pluck it out of My hands.” We knew that Jesus lived and reigned. We could say before the Lord: The cause is Thine, and Thou knowest that it has not been our own choice, but by Thy command, that we have acted the part we have in it. {1T 97.1}

De mørkeste skyer syntes at lukke os inde. Onde mennesker, der bekendte sig til gudfrygtighed, blev fremskyndet under Satans påbud til at skabe usandfærdigheder og samle deres styrke imod os. Hvis Guds sag kun havde været vor sag, ville vi have skælvet; men den var i hænderne på ham, som kunne sige: "Ingen er i stand til at rive det ud af mine hænder." Vi vidste, at Jesus levede og regerede. Vi kunne sige til Herren: Sagen er din, og du ved, at det ikke har været vort eget valg, men ved din befaling, at vi har udført den del, vi har i den.