I am instructed to say to parents: Place yourselves, soul and spirit, on the Lord’s side of this question. We need ever to bear in mind that in these days of probation we are on trial before the Lord of the universe. Will you not give up indulgences that are doing you injury? Words of profession are cheap; let your acts of self-denial testify that you will be obedient to the demands that God makes of His peculiar people. Then put into the treasury a portion of the means you save by your acts of self-denial, and there will be that with which to carry on the work of God. {9T 157.3}

Det er blevet mig pålagt at sige til forældrene: Stil jer med sjæl og ånd på Herrens side i dette spørgsmål. Vi har i denne prøvetid brug for altid at huske, at vi bliver prøvet foran universets Herre. Vil I ikke opgive de nydelser, der skader? Bekendende ord er billige. Lad jeres selvfornægtende handlinger bevise, at I vil adlyde de krav, Gud stiller sit ejendomsfolk. Læg derefter en del af de midler, I sparer ved jeres selvfornægtende handlinger, ind i forrådskammeret, så vil der være det, Guds værk skal videreføres med.