As the persevering, systematic workers see that the tendency of their benevolent efforts is to nourish love to God and their fellow men, and that their personal efforts are extending their sphere of usefulness, they will realize that it is a great blessing to be co-workers with Christ. The Christian church, as a general thing, are disowning the claims of God upon them to give alms of the things which they possess to support the warfare against the moral darkness which is flooding the world. Never can the work of God advance as it should until the followers of Christ become active, zealous workers. {3T 389.2}

Når de, der arbejder ihærdigt og systematisk, ser, at deres godgørende bestræbelser bidrager til at nære kærligheden til Gud og til deres medmennesker og at deres personlige anstrengelser udvider omfanget af den nytte, de kan gøre, vil de erfare, at det er en stor velsignelse at være Kristi medarbejdere. Den kristne kirke fornægter i almindelighed Guds krav til medlemmerne om at give almisse af, hvad de ejer, for at støtte krigen imod det moralske mørke, som verden er indhyllet i. Aldrig vil Guds værk kunne fremskyndes, som det bør, før Kristi efterfølgere bliver aktive, nidkære arbejdere.