I have been shown that young men like you, who have had but a few years of imperfect experience in the cause of present truth, are not the ones whom God will trust to bear weighty responsibilities and to lead out in this work. Such should manifest a delicacy in taking positions which will conflict with the judgment and opinions of those of mature experience, whose lives have been interwoven with the cause of God nearly as many years as you have lived and who have had an active part in this work from its small beginning. God will not select men of but little experience and considerable self-confidence to lead out in this sacred, important work. There is much at stake here. Men who have had but little experience in the sufferings, trials, opposition, and privations that have been endured to bring the work up to its present condition of prosperity should be very jealous of themselves. {3T 320.2}

Jeg er blevet vist at [unge mænd, ligesom dig, som kun har haft nogle få års ufuldkommen erfaring i sandhedens sag,] ikke er dem Gud vil betro tunge ansvar og til at lede i dette arbejde. Sådanne [bør være varsomme med at indtage standpunkter som er i strid med deres skøn og anskuelser hvis liv har været indflettet i Guds sag og som har haft aktiv del i denne virksomhed i mange år. Til at gå i spidsen for sit hellige, betydningsfulde værk vælger Gud ikke mænd med en umoden dømmekraft og stolt selvtillid.