I was shown that your meetings are losing interest because God’s Spirit does not attend them. The brethren and sisters are in complete bondage because of these two men. They dare not exercise their freedom and speak out their faith in the simplicity of their souls, for here is Brother J, with his cool, severe, critical eye, watching and ready to catch at any word which will give him a chance to exercise the faculties of his unbelieving mind. Between these two, the Spirit of God is grieved away from the meetings. When brethren manifest the spirit of the dragon, to make war upon those who believe that God has communicated light and comfort to them through the Testimonies, it is time for the brethren and sisters to assert their liberty and perfect freedom of conscience. God has given them light, and it is their privilege to cherish the light and to speak of it to strengthen and encourage one another. Brother J would confuse the mind by seeking to make it appear that the light God has given through the Testimonies is an addition to the word of God, but in this he presents the matter in a false light. God has seen fit in this manner to bring the minds of His people to His word, to give them a clearer understanding of it. {4T 245.3}

Jeg fik vist at dine møder mister interesse, fordi Guds Ånd ikke er med dem. Brødre og søstre er i fuldstændig trælbundne på grund af disse to mænd. De tør ikke bruge deres frihed og tale ud om deres tro i deres enfoldighed, for her er bror J, med sine kolde, strenge, kritiske øjne på vagt for at opfange ethvert ord, så han kan bruge sit vantro sinds evner. Med disse to sammen, har Guds Ånd græmmet sig bort fra møderne. Når brødrene tilkendegiver (246) dragens ånd, at føre krig mod dem, som tror at Gud har viderebragt lys og trøst til dem ved Vidnesbyrdene, er det tid til brødrene og søstrene at forsvare deres frihed og udvikle en fri samvittighed. Gud har givet dem lys og det er deres privilegium at værne om lyset og tale om det til styrkelse og opmuntring af hinanden. Bror J vil forvirre sindet ved at få det til at se ud som om at lyset Gud har givet gennem Vidnesbyrdene er et tillæg til Guds ord, men derved fremstiller han sagen i et falsk lys. Gud har fundet det passende at derved bringe sit folk hen til sit ord og give dem en klarere forståelse af det.