Never should our publishing houses be so related to one another that one shall have power to dictate as to the management of another. When so great power is placed in the hands of a few persons, Satan will make determined efforts to pervert the judgment, to insinuate wrong principles of action, to bring in a wrong policy; in so doing he can not only pervert one institution, but through this can gain control of others and give a wrong mold to the work in distant parts. Thus the influence for evil becomes widespread. Let each institution stand in its moral independence, carrying on its work in its own field. Let the workers in each feel that they are to do their work as in full view of God, His holy angels, and the unfallen worlds. {7T 173.2}

Vore forlag burde aldrig være knyttede så meget til hinanden at den ene har magt til at diktere med hensyn til den andens ledelse. Når stor magt sættes i hænderne på nogle få personer, vil Satan gøre bestemte anstrengelser for at forvanske dømmekraften, antyde forkerte handlemåder og bringe en forkert taktik ind. Derved kan han ikke blot forvanske en institution, men gennem denne få kontrol over andre og værket får en forkert form på fjerne steder. Derved bliver den onde påvirkning udbredt. Lad alle institutioner stå moralsk uafhængige, fremføre deres værk på egen mark. Lad arbejderne hver især føle at de skal gøre deres arbejde for Guds fulde åsyn, for hans hellige engle og for den ufaldne verden.