Chapter 65—Northern Wisconsin While in Roosevelt, New York, August 3, 1861, different churches and families were presented before me. The different influences that have been exerted, and their discouraging results, were shown me. Satan has used as agents individuals professing to believe a part of present truth, while they were warring against a part. Such he can use more successfully than those who are at war with all our faith. His artful manner of bringing in error through partial believers in the truth, has deceived many, and distracted and scattered their faith. This is the cause of the divisions in northern Wisconsin. Some receive a part of the message, and reject another portion. Some accept the Sabbath and reject the third angel’s message; yet because they have received the Sabbath they claim the fellowship of those who believe all the present truth. Then they labor to bring others into the same dark position with themselves. They are not responsible to anyone. They have an independent faith of their own. Such are allowed to have influence, when no place should be given to them, notwithstanding their pretensions to honesty. {1T 326.1}

(326) Da jeg var i Roosevelt, New York den 3.august 1861, blev forskellige menigheder og familier fremstillet for mig. De forskellige påvirkninger, som har været udøvet og deres afskrækkende resultater vist mig. Satan har, som agenter brugt personer der vedkender at tro en del af den nærværende sandhed, selv om de fører krig mod den del. Således kan han få mere ud af det end dem som bekriger hele vor tro. Hans listige måde at bringe vildfarelse igennem delvis sandhedstroende, har bedraget mange og bortledt og splittet deres tro. Dette er årsagen til delingerne i det nordlige Wisconsin. Nogle tager imod en del af budskabet og afviser en anden del. Nogle accepter sabbaten og afviser den tredje engels budskab; fordi de har taget imod, påberåber de sig alligevel deres fællesskab, som fuldt ud troende den nærværende sandhed. Således arbejder de på at bringe andre i den samme mørke tilstand, som de selv. De er ikke ansvarsbevidst over for nogen. De vil have deres egen selvstændige tro. Disse har fået lov til at få indflydelse, skønt der ikke burde gives plads til dem, uanset deres krav på ærlighed.