When sickness came upon my husband, many acted in the same unfeeling manner toward him that the Pharisees did toward the unfortunate and oppressed. The Pharisees would tell the suffering ones that their afflictions were on account of their sins, and that the judgments of God had come upon them. By so doing they would increase their weight of suffering. When my husband fell under his weight of care, there were those who were merciless. {3T 88.1}

(88) Da sygdomme kom over min mand, da min mand blev syg handlede mange på den samme følelsesløse måde mod ham som farisæerne gjorde mod den ulykkelige og fortrykte. Farisæerne ville fortælle de lidende at de led på grund af deres synder og at Guds dom var kommet over dem. Når de gjorde dette forøgede de deres byrde af lidelser. Da min mand faldt under sin vægt af byrder, var der dom som var ubarmhjertige.