The Land to be ReservedThe Lord would have the grounds about the school dedicated to Him as His own schoolroom. We are located where there is plenty of land, and the grounds near the school and the church should not be occupied with private dwellings. Those who believe the truth for this time are not all transformed in character. They are not all proper object lessons, for they do not represent the character of Christ. There are many who would be pleased to get close to the church and the school who would not be helps, but hindrances. They feel that they should be helped and favored. They do not appreciate either the character or the situation of the work in which we are engaged. They do not understand that all that has been done at Avondale has been accomplished with the hardest labor and through the use of money given with sacrifice or which must be paid back to those from whom it was borrowed. {6T 183.1}

Jorden må bevares
Herren ønsker, at jorden omkring skolen skal helliges til ham som hans eget klasseværelse. Vi befinder os på et sted med rigelige jordarealer og grundene i nærheden af skolen og kirken bør ikke anvendes til privatboliger. Ikke alle, der tror på sandheden for denne tid, er blevet forvandlede i deres karakter. De udgør ikke den rette anskuelsesundervisning og repræsenterer ikke Kristi karakter. Mange af dem, der gerne ville bo ved kirken og skolen, ville ikke være en hjælp, men en hindring. De mener, at de bør hjælpes og favoriseres. De hverken værdsætter arten af den virksomhed, vi udfører, eller påskønner den stilling, den befinder sig i. De forstår ikke, at alt, hvad der er gjort i Avondale, er blevet udført ved det hårdeste arbejde og ved brug af pengemidler, som er skænket ved opofrelse, eller som må tilbagebetales til udlånerne.