Chapter 29—To a Young Minister and His Wife - Dear Brother and Sister A, For some months I have felt that it was time to write to you some things which the Lord was pleased to show me in regard to you several years ago. Your cases were shown me in connection with those of others who had a work to do for themselves in order to be fitted for the work of presenting the truth. I was shown that you were both deficient in essential qualifications and that if these are not obtained your usefulness and the salvation of your own souls will be endangered. You have some faults in your characters which it is very important that you should correct. If you neglect to take hold of the work resolutely and in earnest, these wrongs will increase upon you and will greatly cripple your influence in the cause and work of God, and will finally result in your being separated from the work of preaching the truth, which you love so well. {3T 304.1}

Kære bror og søster A: I nogle måneder har jeg følt at det var på tide at skrive nogle ting til jer som Herren har fundet behag i at vise mig om jer for flere år siden. Jeres sager blev vist mig i forbindelse med andre, som havde et arbejde at gøre med sig selv, så de er i stand til at overbringe sandheden. Jeg fik vist at I begge var mangelfulde i væsentlige egenskaber og at jeres sjæle ville komme i fare, hvis disse ikke opnås gennem jeres nyttighed. I har nogle fejl i jeres karakter som det er meget vigtigt at I retter. Hvis I ikke tager fast fat i arbejdet og er alvorlige, vil disse fejl forøges stærkt over jer og vil forkrøble jeres indflydelse stærkt i Guds sag og arbejde og til sidst føre til at i adskilles fra sandhedsforkynelses-arbejdet, som I holder så meget af.