You need to drink deep of the streams of grace and salvation before you can lead others to the Fountain of living waters. Holding the office of president of a conference, with the experience and influence that this office gives, instead of discouraging the people you should have urged them to new exertion, to bear weightier responsibilities. There are special duties devolving upon men in responsible positions; there are laborious efforts to be made which it would be convenient to neglect. But when the shepherds are negligent of duty, may the Lord pity the poor sheep. {5T 371.1}

Du behøver at drikke af nådens og frelsens strømme, før du kan lede andre til de levende vandes Udspring. Fasthold en konferens formandsembede, med den erfaring og indflydelse dette giver, I stedet for at gøre de folk modløse, skulle du tilskynde dem til nye anstrengelser, til at bære tungere ansvar. Der påligger mænd i ansvarsbetyngede stillinger særlige opgaver; der er hårdt arbejde at gøre, som let forsømmes. Men når hyrderne er pligtsforsømmende, kan Herren ynkes over de stakkels får.