If consecrated to God, Brethren I and J could bear greater responsibilities than they have borne. They have thought that they would be prompt to respond to any call that should be made for means, and that this was the principal burden that they had to bear in the cause of God. But God requires more of them than this. If they had trained their minds to a more critical study of the word of God, that they might have become laborers in His cause, and had worked for the salvation of sinners as earnestly as they have to obtain the things of this life, they would have developed strength and wisdom to engage in the work of God where laborers are greatly needed. {3T 54.3}

Hvis brødrene I og J var helliget til Gud kunne de bære større ansvar end de har båret. De har troet at de var hurtige til at besvare ethvert kald der skulle gøres for midler og at dette var den største byrde som de skulle bære i Guds sag. Men Gud forlanger mere af dem end dette. Hvis de havde oplært deres tanker til et mere kritisk studie af Guds ord, så de kunne vare blevet arbejdere i hans sag og havde arbejdet for synderes frelse så alvorligt som de har opnået dette (55) livs ting, ville de have udviklet styrke og visdom til at involvere sig i Guds arbejde hvor der er stor mangel på medarbejdere.