Your influence in ----- has been injurious. You were opposed to organization, and preached against it in an indefinite manner, not so boldly as some might have done, but you went just as far as you dared to go. In this way you have many times gratified your envious feelings, and created distrust and uncertainty in the minds of many, when if you had come out openly, you would have been plainly understood and could have done but little mischief. When charged with advocating sentiments contrary to the faith of the body, you would not acknowledge it, but mystified your position, and made it appear that the brethren misunderstood you, when you know that the charge was correct. As you now are, the church cannot depend on you. When you manifest the fruits of an entire reform, and give evidence that you are converted, and have overcome your jealousy, then God will again trust His flock to your care. But until you make thorough restitution, you will exert the best influence by staying at home, and being “not slothful in business.” {1T 317.2}

Din indflydelse i ___ var skadelig. Du var modstander af organisering og forkyndte imod det på en utydelig måde, ikke så frimodigt, som nogle kunne have gjort, men du gik kun så langt, som du turde. På denne måde har du mange gange tilfredsstillet dine misundelige følelser og skabt mistro og usikkerhed i manges sind og hvis du var kommet åbenlyst frem, ville du tydeligt være forstået og kunne kun have gjort en lille skade. Da du beskyldes for at forsvare synspunkter, der er i modsætning til troens legeme, ville du ikke indrømme det, men gjorde din person hemmelig og gjorde det klart at brødrene misforstod dig, da du vidste at beskyldningen var rigtig. Som du er nu kan menigheden ikke regne med dig. Når du viser frugterne af en fuldstændig fornyelse og giver udtryk af at du er forvandlet og har overvundet din skinsyge, så vil Gud igen betro sin hjord i din varetægt. Men før du giver fuldstændigt tilbage, vil du udøve den bedste indflydelse ved at blive hjemme og »ikke være lunken i din iver."