Call to mind your former wretchedness, your spiritual blindness, and the darkness which enshrouded you before Christ, a tender, loving Saviour, came to your aid and reached you where you were. If you let these seasons pass without giving tangible proofs of your gratitude for this wonderful and amazing love which a compassionate Saviour exercised toward you, who were aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, there is reason to fear that still greater darkness and misery will come upon you. Now is your sowing time. You will reap that which you sow. Avail yourselves while you may of every privilege of doing good. These privileges improved are as a passing shower, which will water and revive you. Lay hold of every opportunity within your reach of doing good. Idle hands will reap a small harvest. For what do older persons live but to care for the young and help the helpless? God has committed them to us who are older and have experience, and He will call us to account if our duties in this direction are neglected. What though our labor may not be appreciated! what though it prove a failure many times, and a success but once! This once will outweigh all the discouragements previously borne. {2T 330.1}

Nogle af prædikanterne sover og folket sover også; men Satan er lysvågen. Der ofres kun lidt for Gud eller sandheden. Prædikanter må sætte eksemplet. I deres arbejde bør de vise at de værdsætter evige sager til en uendelig værdi og jordiske ting for intet i sammenligning. Der er prædikanter der forkynder den nærværende sandhed som skal omvendes. Deres forståelse må styrkes, deres hjerter renses, deres hengivenhed samles om Gud. De bør fremstille sandheden på en måde så forstanden vækkes til at se dens fortrinlighed, renhed og hellighed. For at gøre dette, bør de have mål i tankerne som er (337) ophøjende og som har en rensende, oplivende og ophøjende indflydelse i sindet. De må have sandhedens rensende ild til at brænde på deres hjertes alter, til at påvirke og præge deres liv; så kan de gå ud hvor de vil, i dunkelhed og mørke og oplyse dem i mørke med det lys der er i dem og skinner ud fra dem.