Brethren, awake from your life of selfishness, and act like consistent Christians. The Lord requires you to economize your means and let every dollar not needed for your comfort flow into the treasury. Sisters, take that ten cents, that twenty cents, that dollar which you were about to spend for candies, for ruffles, or for ribbons, and donate it to God’s cause. Many of our sisters earn good wages, but it is nearly all spent in gratifying their pride of dress. {5T 156.1}

Brødre, vågn op fra jeres selviske liv og virk som pålidelige kristne. Herren kræver af jer at økonomisere med jeres midler og lade enhver dollar, der ikke skal bruges til jeres oprethold, flyde ind i skatkammeret. Søstre, tag den ti-cents, tyve-cents, den dollar som I skulle bruge til slik, flæser eller pyntebånd og giv dem til Guds sag. Mange af vore søstre tjener god løn, men næsten alt bliver brugt på klæders stolthed.