Brother J is to be pitied, for he has naturally a defective organization. His hope is small. His unbelief and doubts control his judgment. It is in his nature to place himself on the side of doubting and questioning. The only way to overcome this great evil is to cultivate opposite traits of character. He should repress unbelief, and not cultivate it. He should not express his doubts. He has no right to thrust the defects of his character before others, to cause them sadness and discouragement. If he must be affected with this sad evil, he should not embitter the happiness of others by introducing his unbelief to chill the faith of his brethren. He is inclined to pass over almost everything in every discourse and exhortation from which he might draw comfort and encouragement, and pick up something which he thinks will afford an excuse for his questioning and criticism. The avenues of his soul are thrown open and left unguarded for Satan to come in and mold his mind to his purposes. {4T 245.2}

Bror J er ynkværdig, for han har af naturen en mangelfuld organisme. Hans håb er lille. Hans vantro og tvivl styrer hans dømmekraft. Det ligger til ham at sætte sig selv på tvivlens og spørgsmålenes side. Den eneste måde at overvinde dette store onde på, er at opelske de modsatte karaktertræk. Han bør holde vantroen nede og ikke opelske den. Han bør ikke give udtryk for sin tvivl. Han har ingen ret til at betro andre sine karaktermangler; - det gør dem kede af det og de mister modet. Hvis han påvirkes af dette sørgelige onde, skal han ikke forbitre andres lykke og indføre sin vantro og kølne sine brødres tro. Han er tilbøjelig til at springe næsten alt over i alle prædikener og formaninger, hvori han kunne fremdrage trøst og opmuntring og tager noget op, som han tænker, vil give en undskyldning for hans spørgen og kritik. Hans sjæls adgangsveje står åben og er ubevogtede så Satan kan komme ind og forme hans sind efter sit ønske.