We feel anguish of spirit because some gifts are lost to us that we might now have if we had only been awake. Laborers have been kept back from the whitening harvest. It becomes the people of God to humble their hearts before Him, and in the deepest humiliation to pray the Lord to pardon our apathy and selfish indulgence, and to blot out the shameful record of duties neglected and privileges unimproved. In contemplation of the cross of Calvary the true Christian will abandon the thought of restricting his offerings to that which costs him nothing and will hear in trumpet tones: {3T 408.1}

Der er behov for medarbejdere med Kristus, mænd, der erkender nødvendigheden af forøget anstrengelse. Arbejdet i vore bogtrykkerier bør ikke formindskes, men fordobles. Skoler bør oprettes på forskellige steder til uddannelse af vor ungdom for at berede dem til at virke for sandhedens fremme.