In regard to Brother A, I was shown that many of the things mentioned in the testimony to B applied to you. I was pointed back to your past life. I saw that from a child you have been self-confident, headstrong, and self-willed, and have followed your own mind. You have an independent spirit, and it has been very difficult for you to yield to anyone. When it was your duty to yield your way and your wishes to others, you would carry matters out in your own rash way. You have felt that you were fully competent to think and act for yourself independently. The truth of God has been accepted and loved by you and has done much for you, but it has not wrought all that transformation necessary for the perfection of Christian character. When you first started out to labor in the cause of God you felt more humble and were willing to be advised and counseled. But as you began to be successful in a degree, your self-confidence increased, and you were less humble and became more independent. {3T 305.2}

Med hensyn til bror A, fik jeg vist at mange af de ting nævnt i vidnesbyrdet til B kan henføres til dig. Jeg blev vist tilbage til dit tidligere liv. Jeg så at du fra barn har været selvsikker, stædig og egenmægtig og har fulgt dine egne tanker. Du har en selvstændighed og den har været meget svær for dig at bøje over for nogen. Når det var din pligt at opgive dine veje og dine ønsker over for andre, ville du gennemføre tingene på din egen ubesindige måde. Du har følt at du var habil til at tænke og handle selvstændigt. Du har antaget og elsket Guds sandhed og den har gjort meget for dig, men den har ikke gjort hele den nødvendige forvandling for udviklingen af kristen karakter. Da du første gang begyndte at arbejde i Guds sag følte du en større ydmyghed og var mere villig til at blive tilrettevist og rådført. Men da du begyndte at få lidt held med dig, forøgedes din selvsikkerhed og du var mindre ydmyg og mere selvstændig.