June 5, 1863, I was shown that my husband should preserve his strength and health, for God had yet a great work for us to do. In His providence we had obtained an experience in this work from its very commencement, and thus our labors would be of greater account to His cause. I saw that my husband’s constant and excessive labor was exhausting his fund of strength, which God would have him preserve; that if he continued to overtask his physical and mental energies as he had been doing, he would be using up his future resources of strength and exhausting the capital, and would break down prematurely, and the cause of God would be deprived of his labor. Much of the time he was performing labor connected with the office which others might do, or was engaged in business transactions which he should avoid. God would have us both reserve our strength to be used when specially required to do that work which others could not do, and for which He has raised us up, preserved our lives, and given us a valuable experience; in this way we could be a benefit to His people. {1T 517.1}

Den 5.juni 1863 fik jeg vist at min mand bør passe på sin styrke og sundhed, for Gud havde stadig et stort arbejde til os at udføre. I sin forudseenhed havde vi fået en erfaring i dette arbejde, lige fra dets begyndelse og således vil vort arbejde være af større betydning for hans sag. Jeg så, at min mands vedvarende og meget store arbejde udtømte de kræfter, som Gud vil have, at han skal bevare; og dersom han fortsatte med at overanstrenge sine fysiske og mentale kræfter, som han har gjort, vil han opbruge sine fremtidige ressourcer og udtømme sit tilgodehavende og vil bryde ned før tiden og Guds sag vil få frarøvet hans arbejdskraft. Det meste af tiden gjorde han det arbejde, i forbindelse med kontoret, som andre skulle gøre, eller var i gang med forretningsanliggender, som han skulle undgå. Gud vil have at vi (518) skal bevare vor styrke, så styrken kan blive brugt det særlige arbejde andre ikke kan udføre. For den styrke har han opfostret os, beskyttet vort liv og givet os en værdifuld erfaring; på denne måde kan vi være til gavn for hans folk.