It was evident that many who vowed had no faith and believed themselves wronged. They talked of it and dwelt upon it until it seemed a reality to them. They felt that they ought not to have aided the General Conference, and urged that they ought to have had the means to use in their own field. The Lord worked for them according to their limited faith. Satan, who had been holding their minds in deception, caused them to think that they had done a liberal thing in sending means to the General Conference, when, upon investigation, the facts showed that they still lacked a considerable of returning to the conference the amount that had been paid out in sending them laborers and in helping them in various ways to start the work and carry it forward. Yet these persons have been grieved, dissatisfied, unhappy, and have backslidden from God, because they thought they were doing such great things. This only shows what a terrible deception can come upon minds when they are not under the special control of the Spirit of God. Their doubting, their suspicions, their prejudice in regard to the General Conference, were all prompted by Satan. The cause of God is one the world over. Every branch of the work centers in Christ. No one portion of the field is independent of the rest. {5T 283.2}

Det er tydeligt at mange, som har aflagt løfte, ikke kunne tro at de selv ville begå fejl. De talte om dem og dvælede over dem, indtil det synes at være virkeligt for dem. De følte at de ikke burde have hjulpet generalkonferensen og fremhævede at (284) de burde have fået midler til deres egen mark. Herren arbejdede for dem, efter deres begrænsede tro. Satan, som har holdt dem i bedrag, fik dem til at tro at de var gavmilde ved at sende midler til generalkonferensen. Men ved nærmere undersøgelse viste det sig, at der stadig manglede meget at tilbagelevere konferensen, af det som var brugt på at sende dem arbejdere og hjælpe dem med de forskellige måder at starte arbejdet op på og føre det frem. Alligevel var disse personer blevet bedrøvet, mishaget og uheldigt stillede og var faldet bort fra Gud, fordi de mente at de derved gjorde så store ting. Dette viser blot at et frygteligt bedrag kan komme over mennesker, når de ikke er under Guds Ånds særlige kontrol. Deres tvivl, deres mistanker, deres fordomme overfor generalkonferensen, var fuldstændigt tilskyndet af Satan. Guds sag er den samme verden over. Hver gren i arbejdet centrerer sig om Kristus. Ingen del i marken er uafhængig af resten.