There is great need that the pitying tenderness of Christ should be manifested at all times and in all places—not that blind sympathy which would gloss over sin and allow God’s cause to be reproached by ill-doing, but that love which is a controlling principle of the life, which flows out naturally to others in good works, remembering that Christ has said: “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.” {4T 224.3}

Der er meget brug for at Kristi medynkende ømhed udvises til alle tider og på alle steder - ikke med blind forståelse som dækker over synd og bringer Guds sag til skamme ved onde gerninger, men med kærlighed som styrende bestanddel i livet, som flyder naturligt ud til andre i gode gerninger, i erindring om hvad Kristus har sagt: (225) »Hvad I har gjort imod en af mine mindste brødre dér, har I gjort imod mig.«