Men who bring in these damnable heresies will dare those who teach the word of God to enter into controversy with them, and some who teach the truth have not had the courage to withstand a challenge from this class, who are marked characters in the word of God. Some of our ministers have not had the moral courage to say to these men: God has warned us in His word in regard to you. He has given us a faithful description of your character and of the heresies which you hold. Some of our ministers, rather than give this class any occasion to triumph or to charge them with cowardice, have met them in open discussion. But in discussing with spiritualists they do not meet man merely, but Satan and his angels. They place themselves in communication with the powers of darkness and encourage evil angels about them. {3T 485.1}

Mennesker, som indfører disse forkastelige kætterier, vil udfordre dem, der lærer Guds ord, til at indlade sig i strid med dem og nogle, som forkynder sandheden, har ikke haft mod til at afslå en udfordring fra denne klasse mennesker, som Guds ord har sat mærke på. Nogle af vore prædikanter har ikke haft moralsk mod til at sige til disse mænd: Gud har i sit ord advaret os imod jer. Han har givet os en tro skildring af jeres karakter og af de kætterier, I hylder. Hellere end at give denne klasse mennesker nogen anledning til at hovere eller til at beskylde dem for fejhed har nogle af vore prædikanter mødt dem i åben diskussion. Men når de diskuterer med spiritister, møder de ikke blot mennesker, men Satan og hans engle. De stiller sig i forbindelse med mørkets magter og opmuntrer onde engle, som omgiver dem.