The words spoken to these were most solemn: “You are weighed in the balances, and found wanting. You have neglected spiritual responsibilities because of busy activity in temporal matters, while your very position of trust made it necessary that you should have more than human wisdom and greater than finite judgment. This you needed in order to perform even the mechanical part of your labor; and when you disconnected God and His glory from your business, you turned from His blessing.” {4T 386.3}

De ord, der blev udtalt til disse, var overmåde højtidelige: "I er vejet på vægtskålen og fundet for lette. I har forsømt åndelige ansvar på grund af travlhed med timelige ting, medens netop jeres betroede stilling gjorde det (387) påkrævet, at I skulle have mere end menneskelig visdom og mere end menneskeligt skøn. Dette behøver I for at kunne udføre endog den mekaniske del af jeres arbejde; og når I skilte Gud og hans ære fra jeres beskæftigelse, vendte I jer bort fra hans velsignelse."