The duty of old and young must be set forth in simple, positive language because our lot is cast in perilous times when it seems that truth must be overborne by falsehood and satanic delusions. In the time of testing and trial the shield of Omnipotence will be spread over those whom God has made the depositaries of His law. When legislators shall abjure the principles of Protestantism, so as to give countenance and the right hand of fellowship to Romanism, then God will interpose in a special manner in behalf of His own honor and the salvation of His people. {5T 525.1}

(525) Den gamle og unges pligt må sættes op i det mest enkle og yndigste sprog, fordi farlige tider er blevet vor lod, hvor det er som om at sandheden skal undertrykkes af falskhed og sataniske bedrag. [I prøvelsernes tid vil den Almægtige være et værn for dem, som Gud har betroet sin lov. Når den lovgivende magt har forladt protestantismens principper for at støtte katolicismen og sluttet pagt med Rom, vil Gud på en særlig måde gribe ind for at beskytte sit folk.