I was pointed back to a meeting in -----. Brother P felt the burden of the cause, but R had a spirit of opposition. His testimony was not in union with the work of God, and he brought grief and burden upon those who were laboring for its advancement. But it would have been better for the cause had he been suffered a time longer, and the brethren borne the confusion he caused. I saw that Brother P moved unwisely in his case. It gave R and the enemies of our faith the advantage. Brother P should have waited until R’s religious character was more fully developed. He would soon either have united with the remnant people of God or been left one side. But R obtained sympathy on account of his age. He had partaken of the spirit of the Messenger party, and his whole course was darkened by it. His wife has an excitable, bitter spirit, and has been zealous to spread false reports. She acts the part to her husband that Jezebel did to Ahab, and stirs him up to fight against the servants of God, who bear a pointed testimony. {1T 250.3}

Jeg blev vist tilbage til et møde i ___. Bror P mærkede byrden for sagen, men R havde modstandens ånd. Hans vidnesbyrd stemte ikke overens med Guds arbejde og han bragte sorg og byrde på dem, som arbejdede for dets fremme. Men det var bedre om han havde fået lov til at lide lidt længere for sagen og for brødrene der bar den forvirring han skabte. Jeg så at bror P førte sig uklogt i sin sag. Det gav fortrin for R og fjenderne for vor tro. Bror P burde have ventet til R's religiøse (251) karakter var længere fremskreden. Snart ville han hverken have forenet sig med Guds restfolk eller med en af siderne. Men R opnåede forståelse på bekostning af tid. Han tog del i Messengerånden og hele hans fremgangsmåde var formørket af den. Hans kone har en letbevægelig, bidende ånd og har været ivrig efter at sprede falske budskaber. Hun spiller en rolle for sin mand, som Jezabel gjorde for Ahab og opirrer ham til at kæmpe mod Guds tjenere, som frembærer et tydeligt vidnesbyrd.