There has been no one in the ranks of Sabbathkeepers who would do as my husband has done. He has devoted his interest almost entirely to the building up of the cause of God, regardless of his own personal interests and at the sacrifice of social enjoyment with his family. In his devotion to the cause he has frequently endangered his health and life. He has been so much pressed with the burden of this work that he has not had suitable time for study, meditation, and prayer. God has not required him to be in this position, even for the interest and progress of the publishing work at Battle Creek. There are other branches of the work, other interests of the cause, that have been neglected through his devotion to this one. God has given us both a testimony which will reach hearts. He has opened before me many channels of light, not only for my benefit, but for the benefit of His people at large. He has also given my husband great light upon Bible subjects, not for himself alone, but for others. I saw that these things should be written and talked out, and that new light would continue to shine upon the word. {3T 85.2}

Der har ikke været nogen iblandt sabbatsholderens rækker som ville gøre det som min mand har gjort. Han har næsten helliget sig helt til opbyggelsen af Guds sag, uanset hans egen personlige interesse og hans nydelse med sin familie. I hans helligelse til sagen har han ofte bragt sin sundhed og sit liv i fare. Han er blevet presset så meget af dette arbejdes byrder at han ikke har nok tid til studium, meditation og bøn. Gud har ikke forlangt at han skal være i den stilling, endog ikke for forlagsarbejdet i Battle Creeks skyld. Der er andre grene i arbejdet, andre interesser i sagen, som er mere forsømt på grund af at han har helliget sig denne. Gud har givet os begge et vidnesbyrd som vil nå hjerterne. Han har åbnet mange lyskanaler op for mig, ikke kun for mit bedste, men i det hele taget for hans folks gavn. Han har også givet min mand et stort lys over bibelemnerne, ikke kun for ham selv, men for andre. Jeg så at disse ting burde skrives og tales og at nyt lys ville fortsætte med at skinne på ordet.