Life or death is before you. You should solemnly consider that you are dealing with the great God, and should ever remember that He is not a child, to be trifled with. You cannot engage in His service at will and let it alone at pleasure. Your inmost soul needs to be converted. All who, like you, my brother, have failed to grow in the grace of God, and to perfect holiness in His name, will, in these days of peril and trial, meet with great loss. Their foundation will prove to be sliding sand instead of the Rock Christ Jesus. {2T 221.2}

Det gælder liv eller død. I burde alvorligt overveje om I omgås den store Gud og burde altid huske på at han ikke er et barn, at spøge med. I kan ikke gå ind i hans tjeneste efter behag og kun efter behag. Jeres inderste sjæl behøver omvendelse. Alle som, ligesom du min bror, har undladt at vokse i Guds nåde og udvikler hellighed i hans navn, vil i disse farernes og prøvelsernes dage, lide store tab. Deres grundvold vil vise sig at være skridende sand i stedet for Klippen Kristus Jesus.