The Lord brought you into connection with His work at ----- for a wise purpose; He designed that you should discover the defects in your character and overcome them. You know how quickly your spirit chafes when things do not move according to your mind. Would that you could understand that all this impatience and irritability must be overcome, or your life will prove an utter failure, you will lose heaven, and it would have been better had you never been born. {4T 84.1}

Herren har bragt dig i forbindelse med sit arbejde i ___ med et forstandigt fortsæt; han planlagde at du skulle opdage dine karaktermangler og overvinde dem. Du ved hvor hurtig du bliver irriteret, når tingene ikke går efter dit hoved. Kunne du dog forstå, at denne utålmodighed og irritabilitet må overvindes, ellers vil dit liv vil vise sig at være en fuldstændig fiasko, du vil miste himlen og det var bedre om du aldrig var blevet født.