God has given to every man his work, and no one else can do that work for him. Oh, that you individually would apply the eyesalve, that you might see your defects of character and realize how God regards your love of the world, which is crowding out the love of God. Nothing can give you such power, such true self-reliance and nobility of soul, as a sense of the dignity of your work, an assurance that you are co-laborers with God in doing good and saving souls. {4T 615.1}

Gud har givet ethvert menneske sit arbejde og ingen andre kan gøre dette arbejde for ham. Oh, om I hver især ville påføre jer øjensalve, så I kan se jeres karaktermangler og indse hvordan Gud betragter jeres verdenskærlighed, som fortrænger Guds kærlighed. Intet kan give jer en sådan kraft, en så sand selvtillid og sjæls storhed, som en fornemmelse af jeres arbejdes værdighed, en forsikring om at I er medarbejdere sammen med Gud i at gøre godt og vinde sjæle.