All around us are souls perishing in their sins. Every year thousands upon thousands are dying without God and without hope of everlasting life. The plagues and judgments of God are doing their work, and souls are going to ruin because the light of truth has not been flashed upon their pathway. But how few are burdened over the condition of their fellow men. The world is perishing in its misery; but this hardly moves even those who claim to believe the highest and most far-reaching truth ever given to mortals. God requires His people to be His helping hand to reach the perishing, but how many are content to do nothing. There is a lack of that love which led Christ to leave His heavenly home and take man’s nature, that humanity might touch humanity and draw humanity to divinity. There is a stupor, a paralysis, upon the people of God which prevents them from understanding what is needed for this time. {6T 445.2}

Når Herren påbyder os at vi ikke længere skal bygge mødehuse og oprette skoler, sanatorier og forlagsinstitutioner, er det tid til at vi folder vore hænder og lader Herren afslutte værket; men nu er det vor anledningen, at viser vor iver for Gud og vor kærlighed for menneskeheden.