Some have been holding themselves ready to find fault and complain at any suggestion made. But few have had wisdom in this most trying time to think without prejudice and candidly tell what shall be done. I saw that those who have been forward to talk so decidedly about refusing to obey a draft do not understand what they are talking about. Should they really be drafted and, refusing to obey, be threatened with imprisonment, torture, or death, they would shrink and then find that they had not prepared themselves for such an emergency. They would not endure the trial of their faith. What they thought to be faith was only fanatical presumption. {1T 357.1}

Nogle har været på vagt for at finde fejl og klage over et hvilket som helst forslag. Men få har haft visdom i den mest vanskelige tid, til at tænke uden fordomme og åbnet sige hvad der skal gøres. Jeg så at dem, som har været hurtig til at sige at man med sikkerhed ikke skulle lade sig indkalde, ikke ved hvad de taler om. Skulle de blive indkaldt og afvise at lyde, blive hårdt prøvet med fængsel, totur eller død ville de krybe sammen og da finde ud af at de ikke har forberedt sig selv til en så kritisk situation. De ville ikke kunne udholde vanskeligheder i deres tro. Hvad de regnede for at være tro var kun fanatisk indbildskhed.