“It may be that you will not at once see the result of your labor, but this should not discourage you. Take Christ as your example. He had many hearers, but few followers. Noah preached for one hundred and twenty years to the people before the flood; yet out of the multitudes on the earth at that time only eight were saved.” {LS 208.5}

I ser måske ikke resultatet af jeres arbejde lige straks, men det må ikke tage modet fra jer. Lad Kristus være jeres eksempel. Han havde mange tilhørere, men få efterfølgere. Noa forkyndte i ethundredeogtyve år for folket før vandfloden; alligevel blev kun otte frelst ud af jordens store skarer."