Brethren and sisters, I wish to excite in your minds disgust for your present limited ideas of God’s cause and work. I want you to comprehend the great sacrifice that Christ made for you when He became poor, that through His poverty you might come into possession of eternal riches. Oh! do not, by your indifference to the eternal weight of glory which is within your reach, cause angels to weep and hide their faces in shame and disgust. Arouse from your lethargy; arouse every God-given faculty, and work for precious souls for whom Christ died. These souls, if brought to the fold of Christ, will live through the ceaseless ages of eternity; and will you plan to do as little as possible for their salvation, while, like the man with the one talent, you invest your means in the earth? Like that unfaithful servant, are you charging God with reaping where He has not sown, and gathering where He has not strewed? {5T 271.1}

(271) Brødre og søstre, jeg ønsker at opvække afsky mod jeres begrænsede tanker om Guds sag og værk. Jeg ønsker at I må forstå det store offer som Kristus har gjort for jer, da han blev fattig og at I ved hans fattigdom kan komme i besiddelse af evige rigdomme. Oh! få ikke, ved jeres ligegyldighed for den evige herlighedsvægt, som er inden for jeres rækkevidde, englene til at græde og skjule deres ansigter i skam og væmmelse. Vågn op af jeres døsighed; væk enhver gudsgiven evne op og arbejd for dyrebare sjæle Kristus døde for. Disse sjæle vil, hvis de bringes ind i Kristi fold, leve gennem evighedens uophørlige tidsaldre. Vil I da planlægge efter at gøre så lidt muligt for deres frelse, når I, ligesom ham med et talent, skal bruge jeres midler her på jorden? Beskylder I ikke Gud for at høste hvor han ikke har sået, ligesom den upålidelige tjener og samle hvor han ikke har spredt?