Artificial lights may appear, claiming to come from heaven, but they cannot shine forth as the star of holiness, the star of heavenly brightness, to guide the feet of the pilgrim and stranger into the city of God. False lights will take the place of the true, and many souls will be for a time deceived. God forbid that it should be so with us. The true light now shineth, and will light up the souls in which the windows are opened heavenward. {8T 194.2}

Det ørkesløse tidsspilde, der præger menigheden, gør den svag og ligegyldig. Faderen, Sønnen og Helligånden søger og længes efter kanaler, hvorigennem sandhedens livgivende principper kan videregives til verden.