Danger of Confiding Family Troubles October 25, 1868, your case was again presented before me. I was shown that evil thoughts and unlawful desires have led to improper acts and to a violation of the commandments of God. You have dishonored yourself, your wife, and the cause of God. You could have exerted an influence for good in the cause of God. But the pursuance of a wrong course in matters that you thought were of little consequence has led to greater evils. {2T 300.1}

Fare for at familieproblemer røbes
(300) Den 25.Oktober, 1868 blev din sag igen vist mig. Jeg fik vist at onde tanker og uretmæssige ønsker har ført til upassende handling og til overtrædelse af Guds bud. Du har vanæret din hustru og Guds sag. Du burde have udøvet en påvirkning for det gode i Guds sag. Men udøvelsen af en forkert fremgangsmåde i sager som du troede var af ringe betydning har gjort meget mere ondt.