I was pointed back to the rise of the advent doctrine, and even before that time, and saw that there had not been a parallel to the deception, misrepresentation, and falsehood that has been practiced by the Messenger party, or such an association of corrupt hearts under a cloak of religion. Some honest hearts have been influenced by them, concluding that they must have at least some cause for their statements, thinking them incapable of uttering so glaring falsehoods. I saw that such will have evidence of the truth of these matters. The church of God should move straight along, as though there were not such a people in the world. {1T 117.1}

Jeg blev vist tilbage til adventlærens begyndelse og endda før den tid og jeg så at der ikke havde været en parallel til det bedrag, fejlfremstilling og falskhed som havde været udøvet af the Messenger gruppen, eller sådan en forening af fordærvede hjerter under et religionens påskud. Nogle oprigtige hjerter har været påvirket af dem og konkluderet at de i det mindste må have nogle grunde for deres påstande og anset dem for at være ude af stand til at udtale så grelle falskheder. Jeg så at noget sådant ville have vidnesbyrd af sandhed til disse sager. Guds menighed burde bevæge sig ligefrem, som om der ikke var sådanne mennesker i verden.