The church is in need, not of burdens, but of earnest workers; not of faultfinders, but of builders in Zion. Missionaries are really needed at the great heart of the work—men who will keep the fort, who will be true as steel to preserve the honor of those whom God has placed at the head of His work, and who will do their utmost to sustain the cause in all its departments, even at the sacrifice of their own interests and lives, if need be. But I was shown that there are but few who have the truth wrought into their very souls, who can bear the searching test of God. There are many who have taken hold of the truth, but the truth has not taken hold of them, to transform their hearts and cleanse them from all selfishness. There are those who come to ----- to help in the work, as well as many of the old members, who have a fearful account to render to God for the hindrance they have been to the work through their self-love and unconsecrated lives. {4T 194.1}

Hvad menigheden trænger til, er ikke byrder, men alvorlige arbejdere, ikke kritikere, men sådanne, som kan opbygge Zion. Der er virkelig trang til missionærer i virksomhedens store hjerte - mænd, som vil holde skansen, være urokkelige i at forsvare deres ære, hvem Gud har sat i spidsen for sit værk og som vil gøre deres yderste for at støtte sagen i alle dens afdelinger, endog med opofrelse af deres egne interesser og deres liv, om så skulle kræves. Men det blev mig vist, at der er få, som har sandheden indvævet i selve sjælen og som kan tåle Guds ransagende prøvelse. Der er mange, som har grebet sandheden, men sandheden har ikke grebet dem, så den har kunnet forvandle deres hjerter og rense dem fra al egenkærlighed. Nogle af dem, der kommer til ___ for at hjælpe til i virksomheden, såvel som mange af de ældre medlemmer har et frygteligt regnskab at aflægge hos Gud for den hindring, de har været for værket på grund af deres egenkærlighed og mangel på helligelse i deres liv.