I fear, greatly fear, that J will fail of heaven. She loves the world and the things of the world so well that she has no love to spare for Jesus. She is so incrusted in selfishness that the illuminating light from heaven cannot penetrate the cold, dark walls of self-love and self-esteem which she has been building up for a lifetime. Love is the key to open hearts, but the precious plant of love has not been cherished. J has so long blinded her eyes to her selfishness that she cannot now discern it. She has had so little experimental religion that in heart she is of the world, and I fear that this world is all the heaven she will ever have. Her influence over her husband is not good. He is swayed by it and does not see the necessity of being fortified by the grace of God to stand for the right with true moral courage. Not only does she fail to realize and do the work that God requires of her, but she exerts an overpowering influence to hold her husband and tie his hands. And she has succeeded to a great extent. He is blinded. {3T 535.1}

Jeg frygter og frygter det meget, at J ikke vil komme i himlen. Hun elsker verden og verdens ting lige så godt som hun ikke har kærlighed tilovers for Jesus. Hun er så meget tildækket af selviskhed at himlens opklarende lys ikke kan trænge ind bag de kolde mørke selvkærligheds- og selvagtelses-mure som hun har bygget op i en livstid. Kærlighed er nøglen der åbner hjerter, men kærlighedens dyrebare plante er der ikke værnet om. J har så længe forblændet hendes øjne til selviskhed at hun ikke selv kan se det. Hun har kun haft så lidt erfaringsmæssig religion at hun er verdslig af hjerte og jeg frygter at denne verden kun er den himmel hun vil få. Hendes indflydelse over hendes mand er ikke god. Han bliver kastet hid og did af den og ser ikke nødvendigheden af at være grundfæstet Guds nåde, til at stå for det rette med sand moralmod. Ikke nok med at hun ikke erkender og gør det arbejde som Gud forlanger af hende, men hun udøver en overmandende indflydelse der holder sin mand og binder hans hænder. Og i stort omfang har hun heldet med sig. Han er forblindet.