We are in duty bound to help one another. It is not always that we are brought in contact with social Christians, those who are amiable and mild. Many have not received a proper education; their characters are warped, they are hard and gnarled, and seem to be crooked in every way. While we help these to see and correct their defects, we must be careful not to become impatient and irritable over our neighbor’s faults. There are disagreeable ones who profess Christ; but the beauty of Christian grace will transform them if they will set diligently about the work of obtaining the meekness and gentleness of Him whom they follow, remembering that “none of us liveth to himself.” Co-workers with Christ! What an exalted position! Where are to be found the self-sacrificing missionaries in these large cities? The Lord needs workers in His vineyard. We should fear to rob Him of the time He claims from us; we should fear to spend it in idleness or in the adornment of the body, appropriating to foolish purposes the precious hours God has given us to be devoted to prayer, to becoming conversant with our Bibles, and to laboring for the good of our fellow beings, thus fitting ourselves and them for the great work devolving upon us. {4T 72.1}

Som et samfund taber vi meget på grund af manglende medfølelse og omgang med hverandre. Den, der taler om uafhængighed og lukker sig inde i sig selv, fylder ikke den plads, Gud havde til hensigt, at han skulle fylde. Vi er Guds børn, indbyrdes, afhængige af hverandre med hensyn til lykke, Gud og mennesker har Krav på os. Vi må alle udføre vor del her i livet. Det er den rigtige udvikling af den selskabelige trang i vor natur, der bringer os i et sympatisk forhold til vore brødre og bringer os lykke i vore bestræbelser for at være til velsignelse for andre. (72) Lykken i himmelen vil bestå i det rene fællesskab mellem hellige væsener den harmoniske omgang med de salige engle og med de genløste, som har tvættet deres kjortler og gjort dem hvide i Lammets blod. Vi kan ikke være lykkelige, så længe vi går helt op i vor interesse for os selv. Vi bør leve her i verden for at vinde sjæle for Frelseren. Hvis vi skader andre, skader vi os selv. Hvis vi velsigner andre, bliver vi selv velsignet; for indflydelsen af enhver god handling virker tilbage på vore egne hjerter.