God calls upon the individual members of the churches in these two conferences to arouse and be converted. Brethren, your worldliness, your distrust, your murmuring, have placed you in such a position that it will be exceedingly difficult for anyone to labor among you. While your president neglected his work and failed in his duty, your attitude was not such as to give him any encouragement. The one in authority should have acquitted himself as a man of God, reproving, exhorting, encouraging, as the case demanded, whether you would receive or reject his testimony. But he was easily discouraged, and left you without the help that a faithful minister of Christ should have given. He failed in not keeping up with the opening providence of God, and in not showing you your duty and educating you up to the demands of the time; but the minister’s neglect should not dishearten you and lead you to excuse yourselves for neglecting duty. There is the more need of energy and fidelity on your part. {5T 281.2}

Gud kalder på menighedernes enkelte medlemmer i disse to konferenser, til at vågne op og blive omvendte. Brødre, jeres verdslighed, jeres mistillid, jeres knurren, har sat jer i en sådan position, at det vil være utroligt svært for nogen at arbejde blandt jer. Da jeres formand forsømte sit arbejde og svigtede sin opgave, var I ikke indstillet på at opmuntre ham. Den med myndighed burde have skillet sig ud som et Guds menneske, irettesat, formanet og opmuntret, som sagen kræver det, hvad enten I vil antage eller forkaste hans vidnesbyrd. Men han blev let modløs og efterlod jer uden den hjælp, en trofast Kristi tjener burde give. Han vedholdte sig ikke til Gud åbnende forsyn og viste jer ikke vedholdne jeres pligt og uddannede jer ikke efter tidens krav; men prædikantens forsømmelse bør ikke gøre jer modløse og få jer til at undskylde pligtsforsømmelse. Der er mere brug for kraft og troskab fra jeres side.