God will hold the church at ----- responsible, as a body, for the wrong course of its members. If a selfish and unsympathizing spirit is allowed to exist in any of its members toward the unfortunate, the widow, the orphan, the blind, the lame, or those who are sick in body or mind, He will hide His face from His people until they do their duty and remove the wrong from among them. If any professing the name of Christ so far misrepresent their Saviour as to be unmindful of their duty to the afflicted, or if they in any way seek to advantage themselves to the injury of the unfortunate and thus rob them of means, the Lord holds the church accountable for the sin of its members until they have done all they can to remedy the existing evil. He will not hearken to the prayer of His people while the orphan, the fatherless, the lame, the blind, and the sick are neglected among them. {3T 517.2}

Gud vil holde menigheden i ___ ansvarlig, som en organisation, for dens medlemmers forkerte handlemåde. Hvis en selvisk og hårdhjertet ånd, imod den ulykkelige, enken, den forældreløse, den blinde, den lamme eller dem som er syge i legemet eller sind, får lov til at eksistere i nogle af menighedens medlemmer, vil han vende sit ansigt bort fra sit folk indtil de gør deres pligt og fjerner fejlen. Hvis nogle Kristi bekendende mennesker fremstiller deres frelser så meget forkert, at de bliver ligegyldige over for den trængende, eller hvis de på nogen måde forsøger at fremhjælpe sig selv til skade for de ulykkelige (518) og derved frarøver dem midler, holder Herren menigheden ansvarlig for dens medlemmers synder indtil de har gjort alt de kan for at afhjælpe det eksisterende onde. Han vil ikke høre på sit folks bønner når den forældreløse, den faderløse, den lamme, den blinde og den syge forsømmes hos dem.