In the afternoon it was difficult to make my way to the desk through the standing crowd. Upon reaching it, a sea of heads was before me. The mammoth tent was full, and thousands stood outside, making a living wall several feet deep. My lungs and throat pained me very much; yet I believed that God would help me upon this important occasion. The Lord gave me great freedom in addressing that immense crowd upon the subject of Christian temperance. While speaking, my weariness and pain were forgotten, as I realized that I was speaking to a people that did not regard my words as idle tales. The discourse occupied over an hour, and the very best attention was given throughout. {LS 225.4}

Om eftermiddagen var det vanskeligt at bane vej op til talerstolen igennem den stående menneskeskare. Da jeg nåede den stod et hav af hoveder foran mig. Det store telt var fyldt, og tusindvis stod uden for, og dannede en levende mur på flere decimeters tykkelse. Det gjorde meget ondt i mine (226) lunger og strupe; alligevel troede jeg at Gud ville hjælpe mig ved denne betydningsfulde anledning. Herren gav mig frihed til at tale til den umådelig store skare over emnet Kristen afholdenhed. Medens jeg talte, var min træthed og smerte glemt, og jeg erkendte at jeg talte til et folk som ikke betragtede mine ord som tom tale. Prædikenen varede over en time, og helt igennem den allerbedste opmærksomhed.