As you looked at the work of Brother and Sister White you thought that you could see where you could have done better than they. Feelings have been cherished in your heart against them. You were naturally skeptical, infidel, in your feelings. As you have seen their work, and heard the reproofs given to those who were wrong, you have questioned how you would bear such plain testimony. You decided that you could not receive it, and began to brace yourself against the manner of their laboring, and thus opened a door in your heart for suspicion, doubt, and jealousy of them and their work. {3T 305.3}

Idet du så på bror og søster Whites arbejde troede du at du kunne gøre det bedre end de. Du har næret følelser imod dem. Du var naturlig skeptisk, vantro, i dine følelser. Idet du havde set deres arbejde og hørt de irettesættelser til dem som var forkerte, er du kommet i tvivl om hvordan du kunne frembære et så tydeligt vidnesbyrd. Du besluttede dig for at du ikke kunne tage imod det og begyndte at styrke dig selv mod deres arbejdsmetode og således åbnede en dør (306) for mistænksomhed, tvivl og skinsyge for dem og deres hjerte.