The words of warning and instruction that I have written in regard to the sending of our youth to Battle Creek to receive a training for service in the Lord’s cause are not idle words. Some God-fearing youth will stand the test, but it is not safe for us to leave even the most conscientious ones without our best care and protection. Whether or not our youth who have received wise instruction and training from godly parents will continue to be sanctified through the truth depends largely upon the influence that, after leaving their homes, they meet among those to whom they look for Christian instruction. {8T 226.1}

Advarsels- og belærings-ordene som jeg har skrevet for at sende vore unge til Battle Creek for at få oplæring for Herrens sag er ikke intetsigende ord. Nogle gudfrygtige unge vil stå prøven, men det er ikke sikkert nok for os at lade selv de mest samvittighedsfulde unge være under den bedste omhu og beskyttelse. Uanset om vore unge, som har fået en klog oplæring fra gudfrygtige forældre, vil fortsætte med at være helligede ved sandheden eller ej, er en stor del af påvirkningen afhængig af om de, efter at have forladt deres hjem, mødes hos dem, de søger kristen belæring hos.