Some, I saw, did not participate in this work of agonizing and pleading. They seemed indifferent and careless. They were not resisting the darkness around them, and it shut them in like a thick cloud. The angels of God left these, and I saw them hastening to the assistance of those who were struggling with all their energies to resist the evil angels, and trying to help themselves by calling upon God with perseverance. But the angels left those who made no effort to help themselves, and I lost sight of them. As the praying ones continued their earnest cries, a ray of light from Jesus would at times come to them, to encourage their hearts, and light up their countenances. {1T 180.2}

Jeg så, at nogle ikke tog del i dette arbejde med at kæmpe og bede. De syntes at være sorgløse og ligegyldige. De bekæmpede ikke mørket omkring dem og det omsluttede (181) dem ligesom en tyk sky. Guds engle forlod disse og jeg så dem ile af sted for at bistå dem, der kæmpede af alle kræfter for at modstå de onde engle og forsøgte at hjælpe sig selv ved standhaftigt at påkalde Gud. Men englene forlod dem, der ikke gjorde nogen anstrengelse for at hjælpe sig selv og jeg tabte dem af syne. Idet de bedende vedblev med deres alvorlige råb, kunne der af og til komme en lysstråle fra Jesus til dem for at opmuntre deres hjerter og oplyse deres ansigter.