Your relation to God and your fellow men demands a change in your life. In the Sermon on the Mount the injunction of the world’s redeemer was: “All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.” These words are of the highest value to us, a golden rule given us by which to measure our conduct. This is the true rule of honesty. Very much is comprehended in these words. We are here required to deal with our neighbors as we would wish them to deal with us were we in their circumstances. {4T 359.2}

Dit forhold til Gud og medmennesker kræver en forandring i dit liv. I bjergprædiken var verdens Forløsers formaning følgende: »Derfor, alt hvad I vil, at menneskene skal gøre mod jer, det samme skal I gøre mod dem; thi sådan er loven og profeterne.« Disse ord er af højeste værdi for os, en gylden regel er givet os, med hvilket vi kan måle vor optræden. Dette er den sande regel for ærlighed. Rigtig meget er indbefattet i disse ord. Vi pålægges her at behandle vor næste som vi ville ønske at de skal behandle os, hvis vi var i deres sted.
Plano, Texas, den 24.nov. 1878