Let God’s workmen who have the interests of His cause at heart do something for the colored people in the Southern field. Let not God’s stewards be content merely to touch this field with the tips of their fingers. Let those at the heart of the work plan in earnest for this field. Many have talked about it, but what are they doing as the stewards of God’s means? Why do they feel at liberty to bind up God’s capital of means in Battle Creek? Why do they do the very things that they have been warned not to do? The matter is becoming serious, for warnings and entreaties have been given in vain. The arms of power in Battle Creek are being extended more and more widely, seeking to control the work far and near, and to crush that which they cannot control. I lift my voice in protest. The spirit that now controls is not the Spirit of the Lord. {8T 150.3}

Lad Guds arbejdsfolk, som har interesse for hans sag på hjerte, gøre noget for det farvede folk i sydmarkerne. Lad ikke Guds forvaltere blot være tilfreds med at røre marken med deres fingerspidser. Lad dem arbejde i alvor ved værkets kerne, for denne marks skyld. Mange har talt om den, men hvad gør de som Guds midlers forvaltere? Hvorfor føler de sig frie til at binde midlerne af Guds kapital i Battle Creek. Hvorfor gør de netop de ting som de er blevet advaret imod? Sagen bliver alvorlig, for de har forgæves fået advarsler og bønner. Kraftens arme i Battle Creek bliver større og mere vidtfavnende og forsøger at styre værket fjern og nær og knuse det som de ikke kan styre. Jeg opløfter min røst i protest. Den ånd der hersker nu er ikke Herrens Ånd.