Some are closing their probation; and is it well with them? have they obtained a fitness for the future life? Will not their record show wasted opportunities, neglected privileges, a life of selfishness and worldliness that has borne no fruit to the glory of God? And how much of the work which the Master has left for us to do has been left undone. All around us are souls to be warned; but how often has the time been occupied in self-serving, and the record gone up to God of souls passing to their graves unwarned and unsaved. {5T 18.3}

Nogle afslutter deres prøvetid; er det i orden for dem? har de opnået en egnethed for det fremtidige liv? Vil deres optegnelse vise spildte anledninger, forsømte privilegier, et selvisk og verdsligt liv der ikke har båret frugt til Guds ære? Og hvor meget af det arbejde, som Mesteren har overladt os, ligger ugjort. Overalt omkring er der sjæle der skal advares; men hvor ofte er tiden ikke blevet optaget i at tjene selvet og den rapport er gået op til Gud, at sjæle er gået i graven uden at være advaret eller blevet frelst.