Cease all contention, and try to be a peacemaker. Love not in word, but in deed and in truth. Your works are to bear the inspection of the judgment. Will you deal truly with your own soul? Do not deceive yourself. Oh, remember that God is not mocked! Those who possess everlasting life will have all they can do to set their houses in order. They must commence at their own hearts and follow up the work until victories, earnest victories, are gained. Self must die, and Christ must live in you and be in you a well of water springing up into everlasting life. You now have precious hours of probation granted you to form a right character even at your advanced age. You now have a period allotted you in which to redeem the time. You cannot in your own strength put away your errors and wrongs; they have been increasing upon you for years, because you have not seen them in their hideousness and in the strength of God resolutely put them away. By living faith you must lay hold on an arm that is mighty to save. Humble your poor, proud, self-righteous heart before God; get low, very low, all broken in your sinfulness at His feet. Devote yourself to the work of preparation. Rest not until you can truly say: My Redeemer liveth, and, because He lives, I shall live also. {2T 88.1}

(88) Opgiv al strid og prøv at være fredsstifter. Elsk ikke i ord, men i handling og i sandhed. Dine gerninger skal kunne holde i dommens gennemsyn. Vil du behandle din sjæl i oprigtighed? Bedrag ikke dig selv. Oh, husk at Gud ikke kan forhånes! Dem som besidder evigt liv vil gøre alt for at bringe deres huse i orden. De må begynde med deres egne hjerter og følge dette arbejde op indtil sejre, alvorlige sejre er nået. Selvet må dø og Kristus må leve i dig og være i dig en vandkilde der springer til evigt liv. Du har nu fået nogle dyrebare stunder i din prøvetid til at danne en rigtig karakter, endda i din fremskredne alder. Du har nu fået tildelt dig en periode hvor du kan genløse tiden. I din egen styrke kan du ikke lægge dine fejl væk; de har vokset hos dig år for år, fordi du ikke har set dem i deres skjul og i Guds styrke resolut har lagt dem væk. I levende tro må du holde fast i en arm der er mægtig til at redde. Ydmyg dit stakkels, stolte, selvretfærdige hjerte for Gud. Stig ned, langt ned, alle knuste syndere i jeres syndighed til hans fødder. Hellig dig selv beredelsesarbejdet. Hvil ikke før du i sandhed kan sige: Min Forløser lever og fordi han lever, skal jeg også leve.