The Lord suffered you to be schooled in adversity and affliction, that you might obtain an experience which would be valuable to yourself and others. In the days of your poverty and trial you loved the Lord, and you loved religious privileges. The nearness of Christ’s coming was your consolation. It was a living hope to you that you would soon find rest from labor, and the end of all your trials; when you would find that you had not labored nor suffered too much; for the apostle Paul declares: “Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.” {2T 275.2}

Herren lod dig opskole i modgang og lidelse, så du kan opnå en erfaring som er dyrebar for dig selv og andre. I disse armods og prøvelsens dage elskede du Herren og du elskede religiøse rettigheder. Kristi nære komme var din trøst. Det var et levende håb for dig at du snart ville få hvile fra arbejdet og fra enden af alle dine prøvelser; skønt du ville finde ud af at du ikke har slidt og slæbt eller lidt så meget; for apostlen Paulus erklærer: »Thi vor trængsel, der er stakket og let, virker uden mål og måde en evig vægt af herlighed for os,"