When the servants of God visited ----- and -----, this delusion was sifted. Evidence was given that this work was spurious. But the spirit of fanaticism was stubborn, and would not yield to the light there given. Oh, that those who were in error had been corrected by God’s servants whom He sent to them! Then and there God wished them to acknowledge that they had been led by a wrong spirit. Then there would have been virtue in the confession of their wrongs. Then they would have been saved any further following out of Satan’s plans, and would have made no further progress in this dreadful delusion. But they would not be convinced. Brother G had sufficient light to take his stand against that fanatical work; but he would not decide from the weight of evidence. His stubborn spirit refused to yield to the light brought him by the servants of God; for he had regarded them with suspicion, and watched them with a jealous eye. {1T 231.2}

Da Guds tjenere besøgte ___ og ___, blev dette bedrag undersøgt. Der var bevis for at dette arbejde var falsk. Men den fanatiske ånd var hårdnakket og ville ikke vige for det lys, som var givet. Oh, om dem i vildfarelse blev rettet af de Guds tjenere, som var blevet sendt dem! Straks ville Gud gerne få dem til at erkende at de var blevet ført af en forkert ånd. Så ville der være en kraft i bekendelsen af deres fejl. Da ville de have sparet sig for at gennemføre Satans planer og ville ikke have gjort nogen videre fremskridt i dette frygtelige bedrag. Men de ville ikke overbevises. Bror G havde tilstrækkeligt lys til at tage standpunkt mod dette fanatiske arbejde; men han ville ikke beslutte sig ud fra vægten af beviser. Hans hårdnakkethed afviste at vige for det lys han havde fået af Guds tjenere; for han havde set på dem med mistanke og vogtet over dem med skinsyge øjne.