My ideas concerning justification and sanctification were confused. These two states were presented to my mind as separate and distinct from each other; yet I failed to comprehend the difference or understand the meaning of the terms, and all the explanations of the preachers increased my difficulties. I was unable to claim the blessing for myself, and wondered if it was to be found only among the Methodists, and if, in attending the advent meetings, I was not shutting my self away from that which I desired above all else,—the sanctifying Spirit of God. {LS 28.2}

Mine forestillinger om retfærdiggørelse og helliggørelse forvirredes. Disse to tilstande var helt adskilt fra hinanden i mine tanker; alligevel kunne jeg ikke begribe forskellen eller forstå meningen af begreberne og alle forkyndernes forklaringer forøgede mine vanskeligheder. Jeg var ude af stand til at kræve velsignelsen for mig selv og spekulerede på om det kun kunne findes blandt metodister og om jeg, ved at følge adventmøderne, ikke udelukkede mig selv fra det, som jeg ønskede af alt andet, - Guds helliggørende Ånd.