You have a great work before you, and you cannot afford to waste another moment without taking hold of it. Brother P, I am alarmed for you; but I know that God loves you still, although your course has been wayward. If He did not have a special love for you He would not present your dangers before me as He has. You have engaged in jesting and sporting with men and women who have not the fear of God before them. Weak-headed and unprincipled women have retained you in their presence, and you were like a charmed bird. You seemed fascinated by these superficial persons. Angels of God were upon your track and have faithfully recorded every wrong act, every instance of departure from virtue’s path. {2T 292.2}

Du har et stort arbejde foran dig og du kan ikke spilde et øjeblik uden at tage fat i det. Bror P, jeg er bekymret for dig; men jeg ved at Gud stadig elsker dig, selvom din kurs har været nedadgående. Hvis han ikke havde en særlig kærlighed for dig ville han ikke fremstille dine farer for mig som han har. Du har givet dig af med spøg og skæmt med mænd og kvinder som ikke har gudsfrygten for sig. Svaghjertede og principløse kvinder har beholdt dig hos sig og du var lige som en fortryllet fugl. Du synes at være fascineret af disse overfladiske personer. Guds engle var på dit spor og har nøjagtig nedskrevet enhver forkert handling, hver gang du forlader dydens sti.