As the matter has resulted, I was shown that it would have been better had the Brethren J done what they could in the preparation of tracts to be circulated among the French. If these works were not prepared in all their perfection, they might better have been circulated, that the French people might have had an opportunity to search the evidences of our faith. There are great risks in delay. The French should have had books setting forth the reasons of our faith. The Brethren J were not prepared to do justice to these works, for they needed to be spiritualized and enlivened themselves or the books prepared would bear the stamp of their minds. They needed to be corrected, lest their preaching and writing should be tedious. They needed to educate themselves to come at once to the point and make the essential features of our faith stand forth clearly before the people. The work has been hindered by Satan, and much has been lost because these works were not prepared when they should have been. These brethren can do much good if they are fully devoted to the work and if they will follow the light that God has given them. {3T 211.2}

Sådan som tingene har udviklet sig, har jeg fået vist, at det ville have været bedre om brødrene J gjorde hvad de kunne da han udarbejdede traktaterne til franskmændene. Hvis alt dette var lavet ordentligt, kunne man bedre omdele dem, så franskmændene fik anledning til at opsøge vor tro. Det er en stor risiko når det går så langsomt. Franskmændene burde have haft bøger med vor tros grundsætninger. Brødrene J var ikke i stand til at gøre dette arbejde ordentligt, for de behøvede selv at blive åndeliggjort og oplivet. Derved kunne de videregive deres gode sind i bøgerne. Bøgerne må rettes, for at deres forkyndelse og skrifter er for tunge. De behøver at lære sig selv, at komme til pointen straks og få vor tros væsentlige træk til at stå klart for folk. Arbejdet er blevet forhindret af Satan og meget er gået tabt, fordi dette arbejde ikke er blevet beredt hvor det burde være forberedt. Disse brødre kan gøre meget gjort hvis de er helt helligede til arbejdet og hvis de vil følge i det lys Gud har givet dem.