When ministers feel that they are suffering great hardships and privations in the cause of Christ, let them in imagination visit the workshop of the apostle Paul, bearing in mind that while this chosen man of God is fashioning the canvas, he is working for bread which he has justly earned by his labors as an apostle of Christ. At the call of duty, he would meet the most violent opponents, and silence their proud boasting, and then he would resume his humble employment. His zeal and industry should be a rebuke to indolence or selfish ease in the minister of Christ. Any labor that will benefit humanity or advance the cause of God, should be regarded as honorable. {LP 101.2}

Når prædikanter føler at de lider store vanskeligheder og afsavn i Kristi sag, så lad dem forestille sig at de besøger apostlen Paulus arbejdsværksted, og have i tanke at når dette Guds udvalgte menneske udformer teltdugen, arbejder han for det brød som han redeligt har tjent i sit arbejde, som en Kristi apostel. Når pligten kalder, vil han møde de voldsomste modstandere, og fortie deres stolte pral, og så kan genoptage sin ydmyge beskæftigelse. Hans iver og flid bør være en irettesættelse mod dovenskab eller selvisk lethed i Kristi tjeneste. Ethvert arbejde som vil gavne menneskeheden eller fremme Guds sag, bør betragtes som ærværdigt.