The case of N. Fuller has caused me much grief and anguish of spirit. That he should yield himself to the control of Satan to work wickedness as he has done is terrible. I believe that God designed that this case of hypocrisy and villainy should be brought to light in the manner it has been, that it might prove a warning to others. Here is a man who was acquainted with the teachings of the Bible, and who had listened to testimonies borne by me in his presence against the very sins which he was practicing. More than once he had heard me speak decidedly in regard to the prevailing sins of this generation, that corruption was teeming everywhere, that base passions controlled men and women generally, that among the masses crimes of the darkest dye were continually practiced, and they were reeking in their own corruption. The nominal churches are filled with fornication and adultery, crime and murder, the result of base, lustful passion; but these things are kept covered. Ministers in high places are guilty; yet a cloak of godliness covers their dark deeds, and they pass on from year to year in their course of hypocrisy. The sins of the nominal churches have reached unto heaven, and the honest in heart will be brought to the light and come out of them. {2T 449.1}

Kristi tjenere behøver en ny salvelse, så de bedre kan se hellige ting og have klare begreber om den hellige, ulastelige karakter som de selv må danne for at være en helhed i hjorden. Intet af det vi kan gøre af os selv vil bringe os op til den højere standard hvor Gud kan acceptere os som sine repræsentanter. Kun en fast tillid til Gud og en stærk og aktiv tro, vil udrette det arbejde som han forlanger skal udføres i os. Gud kalder på arbejdsmænd. Det er varigheden af de gode gerninger (507) som vil danne karakteren for himlen. Vi må appellere tydeligt, redeligt og i kærlighed til folk om at berede sig for Guds dag. Nogle har brug for alvorlig bønfaldelse før de vil bevæge sig. Lad arbejdet kendetegnes af sagtmodighed og ydmyghed, alligevel med en alvor der vil få dem til at forstå at disse ting er virkelighed og at det liv og den død er et valg for dem. Sjæles frelse er ikke til at spøge med. Arbejdernes opførsel for Gud bør være seriøs og karakteriseret af enkelhed og sand belevenhed, dog bør han være agtpågivende i sin iver i det arbejde som Mesteren har overladt ham at udrette. Afgjort udholdenhed i en retsindig fremgangsmåde, en optræning af sindet til religiøs helligelse for kærlig helligelse og himmelske ting, vil give den største lykke.