Invalids too often deprive themselves of sunlight. This is one of nature’s most healing agents. It is a very simple, therefore not a fashionable remedy, to enjoy the rays of God’s sunlight and beautify our homes with its presence. Fashion takes the greatest care to exclude the light of the sun from parlors and sleeping rooms by dropping curtains and closing shutters, as though its rays were ruinous to life and health. It is not God who has brought upon us the many woes to which mortals are heirs. Our own folly has led us to deprive ourselves of things that are precious, of blessings which God has provided and which, if properly used, are of inestimable value for the recovery of health. If you would have your homes sweet and inviting, make them bright with air and sunshine. Remove your heavy curtains, open the windows, throw back the blinds, and enjoy the rich sunlight, even if it be at the expense of the colors of your carpets. The precious sunlight may fade your carpets, but it will give a healthful color to the cheeks of your children. If you have God’s presence and possess earnest, loving hearts, a humble home made bright with air and sunlight, and cheerful with the welcome of unselfish hospitality, will be to your family, and to the weary traveler, a heaven below. {2T 527.1}

Du er ikke lærvillig, derfor vil Guds sag ikke have det godt i dine hænder. Du ville ikke kunne opdage et nederlag selvom du har mødt et. Guds sag vil bringes i vanry og vanære ved dit arbejde og du ville ikke opdage dette. En vis klasse kan overbevises af dig til sandheden; men flere ville vende sig bort og sættes der hvor de ikke kan nås med korrekt og redeligt arbejde. Sammenblandet med din erfaring er der ting der vil vise sig at være modsat sandheden. Gud kan ikke acceptere dig som repræsentant for sandheden.