There is a vast amount of rubbish brought forward by professed believers in Christ, which blocks up the way to the cross. Notwithstanding all this, there are some who are so deeply convicted that they will come through every discouragement and will surmount every obstacle in order to gain the truth. But had the believers in the truth purified their minds by obeying it, had they felt the importance of knowledge and of refinement of manners in Christ’s work, where one soul has been saved there might have been twenty. {4T 68.2}

Mennesker, der bekender sig til at tro på Kristus, frembærer en mængde skrammel, der spærrer vejen til korset, Trods alt dette er der nogle, som er så dybt overbeviste, at de vil komme igennem alle nedstemmende forhold og besejre enhver hindring for at vinde sandheden. Men havde de, der tror på sandheden, renset deres sind ved at adlyde den og havde de indset betydningen af en dannet optræden i Kristi gerning, kunne tyve sjæle være blevet frelst i stedet for én.