Sometimes in your unsettled state you erred in judgment, and there were those who should have possessed that charity which thinketh no evil, who watched, and surmised evil, and made the most of the errors they thought they saw in you. But the love and tender pity of Jesus were not withdrawn; they were your support amid the trials and persecutions of your life. The kingdom of heaven and the righteousness of Christ were primary with you. Your life was marred with imperfections, because it is human to err; but from what the Lord has been pleased to show me of your discouraging surroundings in the days of your poverty and trial, I know of no one who would have pursued a course more free from mistakes than you did, were they situated as you were, in poverty and embarrassing trials. It is easy for those who are spared the severe trials to which others are subjected, to look on and question, and surmise evil and find fault. Some are more ready to censure others for pursuing a certain course than to take the responsibility of saying what should be done, or of pointing out a more correct way. {2T 276.2}

Nogle gange begik du, i din usikkerhed, fejl i din bedømmelse og der var nogle som burde have den store ikke ondt tænkende kærlighed, som vogter sig og tænker ondt og selv gør de fleste af de fejl de troede de så i dig. Men Jesu kærlige og ømme medynk blev ikke trukket tilbage, det var din støtte i dit livs prøvelser og forfølgelser. Himmelens rige og Kristi retfærdighed var først og fremmest hos dig. Dit liv var ødelagt med ufuldkommenheder, fordi det er menneskeligt at fejle; men ud fra det Herren har fundet for godt at vise mig af dine afskrækkende omgivelser fra din armods og trængselstid, ved jeg ikke af nogen som ville have haft en mere (277) fejlfri fremgangsmåde end dig, hvis de var i den situation, i fattigdom og forvirrende prøvelser. Det er let for dem der er sparet for strenge prøvelser for hvilke andre er underkastet, at se på og spørge og tænke sig til det onde og finde fejl. Nogle er hurtigere til at kritisere andre for at udøve en bestemt fremgangsmåde end til at tage ansvaret og sige hvad der skal gøres, eller at udpege en mere korrekt måde.