I was shown that God requires His people to be far more pitiful and considerate of the unfortunate than they are. “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.” Here genuine religion is defined. God requires that the same consideration which should be given to the widow and fatherless be given to the blind and to those suffering under the affliction of other physical infirmities. Disinterested benevolence is very rare in this age of the world. {3T 516.2}

Jeg fik vist at Gud forlanger at hans folk skal være langt mere medynkende og hensynsfulde over for de ulykkelige end det er. »En ren og ubesmittet gudsdyrkelse for Gud, vor Fader, er dette: at besøge faderløse og enker i deres trængsel og bevare sig selv uplettet af verden.« Her defineres oprigtig religion. Gud forlanger at det samme hensyn som skal gives til enken og den faderløse gives til den blinde og til dem som lider under andre fysiske sygdomme. Uegennyttig godgørenhed er meget sjældent i denne verdens tidsalder.