The greater part of your life has been employed in presenting doctrines which, during the last part of your life, you will repudiate and condemn. Which is the genuine work? which is the false? Can we trust to your judgment? can we rely upon your interpretation of the Scriptures? We cannot. We would be in danger of being misled. You cannot now or at any future period of your life feel that your feet are standing on solid rock. I have been unable to keep from thinking of your future. The truth to me is a living reality. I know it to be truth. The word of God is sure. “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” Will your light go out in darkness? {5T 625.1}

Således at kalde mænd bort fra deres virkefelt er noget, som har gentaget sig gang på gang under udviklingen af dette værk og det er et påfund af menneskenes store modstander for at hindre (616) Guds sag. Når sjæle, der er ved at ville tage standpunkt på sandhedens side, således kommer under ugunstige indflydelser, taber de interessen og det sker meget sjældent, at sandheden på ny kan gøre et så mægtigt indtryk på dem. Den onde søger stadig at finde på et eller andet for at drage prædikanten bort fra hans virkefelt på dette kritiske tidspunkt, for at frugterne af hans arbejde må gå til spilde.