A scene passed before me. I was in our restaurant in San Francisco. It was Friday. Several of the workers were busily engaged in putting up packages of such foods as could be easily carried by the people to their homes, and a number were waiting to receive these packages. I asked the meaning of this, and the workers told me that some among their patrons were troubled because, on account of the closing of the restaurant, they could not on the Sabbath obtain food of the same kind as that which they used during the week. Realizing the value of the wholesome foods obtained at the restaurant, they protested against being denied them on the seventh day and pleaded with those in charge of the restaurant to keep it open every day in the week, pointing out what they would suffer if this were not done. “What you see today,” said the workers, “is our answer to this demand for the health foods upon the Sabbath. These people take on Friday food that lasts over the Sabbath, and in this way we avoid condemnation for refusing to open the restaurant on the Sabbath.” {7T 121.4}

Så fik jeg et syn. Jeg befandt mig på vor restaurant i San Francisco. Det var fredag. Flere af arbejderne var travlt optaget med at lave pakker af sådanne fødevarer, som folk let kunne tage med sig hjem. Flere ventede for at få udleveret disse pakker. Jeg spurgte, hvad meningen var med dette og arbejderne fortalte mig, at nogle af deres kunder var kede af, at de ikke kunne få den samme slags mad om sabbatten, som de var vant til gennem ugen, fordi restauranten var lukket. De indså, hvor værdifuld den sunde mad var, som de fik på restauranten og gjorde indvendinger, fordi de ikke kunne få den på den syvende-dag. De bad indtrængende indehaverne af restauranten om at holde åbent alle ugens dage og henviste til, de afsavn det betød for dem, hvis dette ikke blev gjort. "Det, du ser her i dag," sagde arbejderne, "er vort svar på kravet om sunde fødevarer om sabbatten. Disse mennesker kan få deres varer om fredagen og de har nok til hele sabbatten. På denne (122) måde undgår vi ubehagelighed, fordi vi ikke holder restauranten åben om sabbatten."