What we need now is Calebs, men who are faithful and true. Indolence marks the lives of too many at the present day. They turn their shoulders from the wheel just when they should persevere and bring all their powers into active exercise. Ministers of Christ, “awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.” Your labors taste so strongly of self that Christ is forgotten. Some of you are pampered and flattered too much. As in the days Noah, there is too much eating and drinking, planting and building. The world has stolen the energies of the servants of Christ. Brethren, if you would have your religion honored by unbelievers, honor it yourselves by corresponding works. By a close connection with God and a strict adherence to Bible truth in the face of difficulty and worldly pressure, you may infuse the spirit of the truth into the hearts of your children so that they will work effectually with you as instruments in God’s hands for good. {5T 134.4}

Hvad vi nu behøver, er mænd som Kaleb, mænd, som er trofaste og sanddru. Dorskhed præger alt for mange menneskers liv i denne tid. De giver slip, netop når de skulle vise udholdenhed og sætte alle deres kræfter i aktiv virksomhed. Kristi tjener, »vågn op, du som sover og stå op fra de døde og Kristus skal lyse for dig!« Jeres arbejde smager så meget af jeget, at Kristus bliver glemt. Nogle af jer forkæles og smigres i for høj grad. Ligesom i Noas dage er der for megen spisen og drikken, planten og byggen. Verden har frastjålet Kristi tjenere deres kraft. Brødre, hvis I ønsker at ikke-troende skal hædre jeres religion, må I selv hædre den ved tilsvarende gerninger. Ved en nær forbindelse med Gud og en streng fastholden (135) ved bibelsk sandhed trods vanskelighed og verdsligt pres kan I indplante sandhedens sæd i jeres børn, således at de som redskaber i Guds hænder sammen med jer vil kunne udføre et virkningsfuldt arbejde i det godes tjeneste.