Sister Hannah More is dead, and died a martyr to the selfishness of a people who profess to be seeking for glory, honor, immortality, and eternal life. Exiled from believers during the past cold winter, this self-sacrificing missionary died because no heart was bountiful enough to receive her. I blame no one. I am not judge. But when the Judge of all the earth shall make investigation, somebody will be found to blame. We are all narrowed up and consumed in our own selfishness. May God tear away this cursed covering and give us bowels of mercy, hearts of flesh, tenderness and compassion, is my prayer, offered from an oppressed, anguished soul. I am sure that a work must be done for us or we shall be found wanting in the day of God. {2T 332.1}

Et stort arbejde må udrettes for prædikanterne for at få held med forkyndelsen af sandheden. Guds ord bør studeres helt igennem. Al anden læsning (338) er underordnet til dette. Et omhyggeligt studium af biblen vil ikke nødvendigvis udelukke al anden læsning af religiøs art; men hvis Guds ord studeres fromt, vil al læsning der har tendens til at skille tankerne fra det holdes ude. Hvis vi studerer Guds ord med interesse og beder for at forstå det, vil nye skønheder kunne ses på enhver linje. Gud vil åbenbare den dyrebare sandhed så klart at sindet vil få det virkeligt godt og være en stadig sand nydelse idet dets trøstende og forædlende sandheder foldes ud.