About this time, my husband, as he reviewed the past, began to lose confidence in almost everyone. Many of those whom he had tried to befriend had acted the part of enemies, and some whom he had helped the most by his influence and from his own scanty purse, were continually trying to injure him and cast burdens upon him. One Sabbath morning, as he was going to our place of worship, such an overpowering sense of injustice came over him that he turned aside and wept aloud, while the congregation waited for him. {1T 247.1}

Omkring det tidspunkt, begyndte min mand, idet han så tilbage i fortiden, at miste tillid til næsten alle. Mange af dem, som han havde prøvet at hjælpe spillede fjender og nogle af dem, som han havde hjulpet mest ved sin indflydelse og af hans egene sparsomme midler, prøvede hele tiden at skade ham og kaste byrde på ham. En sabbatsmorgen, da han gik til vort bedested, kom en så overmægtig følelse af uretfærdighed over ham, at han gik til siden og græd højt, medens forsamlingen ventede på ham.