It is easier for many to question and find fault in regard to matters at Battle Creek than to tell what should be done. Some would even venture to take this responsibility, but they would soon find themselves deficient in experience and would run the work into the ground. If these talkers and faultfinders would themselves become burden bearers and pray for the laborers, they would be blessed themselves and would bless others with their godly example, with their holy influence and lives. It is easier for many to talk than to pray; such lack spirituality and holiness, and their influence is an injury to the cause of God. Instead of feeling that the work at Battle Creek is their work, and that they have an interest in its prosperity, they stand aside more as spectators, to question and find fault. Those who do this are the very ones who lack experience in this work and who have suffered but little for the truth’s sake. {1T 527.2}

Det er lettere for mange at finde fejl og drage sagerne i Battle Creek i tvivl, end at sige hvordan så skal gøres. Nogle påtager sig endda det ansvar, men de vil snart finde ud af, at de er utilstrækkelige og at de vil lade arbejdet gå til grunde. Hvis disse kværulanter selv vil være byrdebærer og bede for arbejdet, vil de selv blive velsignet og velsigne andre ved deres gudfrygtige eksempel og med deres hellige indflydelse og levned. Det er lettere for andre at tale end at bede; disse mangler åndelighed og hellighed og deres indflydelse er til skade for (528) Guds sag. I stedet for at føle, at Battle Creeks arbejde er deres eget arbejde og at de er interesseret i at det går fremad, står de mere ved siden af som tilskuere, for at betvivle arbejdet og finde fejl. Dem, som gør dette, er netop dem, som mangler erfaring i dette arbejde og har kun lidt en smugle for sandhedens sag.