We need to break up the monotony of our religious labor. We are doing a work in the world, but we are not showing sufficient activity and zeal. If we were more in earnest, men would be convinced of the truth of our message. The tameness and monotony of our service for God repels many souls of a higher class, who need to see a deep, earnest, sanctified zeal. Legal religion will not answer for this age. We may perform all the outward acts of service and yet be as destitute of the quickening influence of the Holy Spirit as the hills of Gilboa were destitute of dew and rain. We all need spiritual moisture, and we need also the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness to soften and subdue our hearts. We are always to be as firm as a rock to principle. Bible principles are to be taught and then backed up by holy practice. {6T 417.3}

Mængden af lærdom er af langt mindre betydning end den ånd er som du går ind i arbejdet med. Det er ikke store og lærde mænd som præstetjenesten behøver; det er ikke velformulerede talere. Gud kalder på mænd, (412) som vil give sig selv til ham, for at blive gennemsyret af hans Ånd. Kristi og menneskehedens sag kræver helligede og selvopofrende mænd, dem som kan gå ud af lejren og bære skammen. Lad dem være stærke tapre mænd, skikkede til værdige virksomheder og lad dem gøre en pagt med Gud, ved offer.