Chapter 4—Intimate Friendship With Worldlings - December 10, 1871, I was shown, Brother E, that you and your sisters were in a very dangerous condition; and that which makes your position the more dangerous is that you do not realize your true state. I saw you enveloped in darkness. This darkness has not settled upon you suddenly. You commenced to enter the mist of darkness gradually, and almost imperceptibly, until the darkness is as light to you, yet the cloud is becoming more dense every day. Now and then I saw a gleaming of light separating the darkness from you; then again it would close about you, firmer and more dense than before. {3T 39.2}

Den 10. december, 1871, fik jeg vist bror E, at du og dine søstre var i en meget farlig tilstand; og at det gør din position farligere er at du ikke ser din sande tilstand. Jeg så at du indhyllede dig i mørke. Dette mørke har ikke sat sig på dig på en gang. Du begyndte at gå gradvist ind i mørket og næsten, ubemærket, indtil mørket er som lys for dig, alligevel bliver skyerne tættere hver dag. Nu og da så jeg en glimtende lys fra mørket om dig; og igen lukkede det sig om dig, fastere og tættere end før.