The question will often arise: What can be done where poverty prevails and is to be contended with at every step? Under these circumstances how can we impress minds with correct ideas of improvement? Certainly the work is difficult; and unless the teachers, the thinking men, and the men who have means will exercise their talents and will lift just as Christ would lift were He in their place, an important work will be left undone. The necessary reformation will never be made unless men and women are helped by a power outside of themselves. Those who have talents and capabilities must use these gifts to bless their fellow men, laboring to place them upon a footing where they can help themselves. It is thus that the education gained at our schools should be put to the very best use. {6T 188.2}

Spørgsmålet vil ofte rejse sig: Hvad kan der gøres, hvor der hersker fattigdom og der skal kæmpes for hvert skridt? Hvordan kan vi indprente folk med fremskridtets rigtige tanker, under sådanne forhold? Ganske vist er arbejdet vanskeligt; og hvis lærerne, de tænkende mennesker og dem med midler ikke vil bruge deres talenter og vil løfte, ligesom Kristus har gjort, da han var i deres sted, vil et betydningsfuldt arbejde stå ugjort. Den nødvendige reformation vil aldrig ske, hvis mænd og kvinder ikke hjælpes af kræfter, uden for dem selv.