From the light that God has given me, fornication and adultery are estimated by a large number of the first-day Adventists as sins which God winks at. These sins are practiced to a great extent. They do not acknowledge the claims of God’s law upon them. They have broken the commandments of the great Jehovah and zealously teach their hearers to do the same, declaring that the law of God is abolished and has no claims upon them. In accordance with this free state of things, sin does not appear so exceedingly sinful; “for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” We may expect to find in this company men who will deceive, and lie, and give loose rein to lustful passions. But men and women who acknowledge the Ten Commandments binding, who observe the fourth commandment of the Decalogue, should carry out in their lives the principles of all ten of the precepts given in awful grandeur from Sinai. {2T 449.2}

Hvis vi gør Gud til vor tillid, er det i vor magt at styre tankerne i disse ting. Igennem vedvarende udøvelse vil den blive stærk til at bekæmpe fjenderne og til at undertrykke selvet, indtil der er en fuldstændig forvandling og lidenskaberne og appetitten vil bringes under fuldstændig underkastelse. Så vil der være en daglig dydighed i hjemmet og derude og når vi går ind i sjælearbejdet, vil en kraft ledsage vore bestræbelser. Den ydmyge kristen vil have hellige stunder som ikke er krampagtige, rykvise, eller overtroiske, men være stille og rolig, dyb, vedvarende og alvorlig. Guds kærlighed, hellighedens sædvane, vil være tiltalende skønt en fuldstændig overgivelse til Gud finder sted.