If ministers and people were sufficiently aroused, they would not rest thus indifferently, while God has honored them by making them the depositaries of His law, by printing it in their minds and writing it upon their hearts. These truths of vital importance are to test the world; and yet in our own country there are cities, villages, and towns that have never heard the warning message. Young men who feel stirred by the appeals that have been made for help in this great work of advancing the cause of God, make some advance moves, but do not get the burden of the work upon them sufficiently to accomplish what they might. {LS 203.3}

Dersom prædikanter og mennesker var nok vågne, ville de ikke forholde sig så ligegyldige, når Gud har hædret dem til at være vogtere af Hans lov, idet han har indprentet den i deres sind og skrevet den i deres hjerter. Disse overmådelige vigtige sandheder (204) skal blive en prøvesten for verden; og dog er der i vort eget land [Amerika] stæder og byer, som aldrig har hørt det advarende budskab. Unge mænd, der føler sig grebet af de opråb, som har lydt om hjælp i den store opgave at fremme Guds sag, udretter en del, men de får ikke tilstrækkelig byrde for arbejdet til at udrette, hvad de kunne.