O that all your youth would have a disposition to seek for the truth as for hid treasure, that they might find it, and bring it into contact with those who know it not! O that the truth that is unfolded to our minds may bear practical fruit in our lives, that what has been imparted to us may be imparted to others through us! Unless the truth of God is received in the heart and carried out in practical life, it is not truth to the one to whom it has been presented, but only a delusion. The mind of God must unite with the mind of man, that every thought may be brought into captivity to Christ. When the truth is fully received, it will be made manifest by a transformation of character. But those who do not thus receive the truth, though their names may be upon the church-books, are as whited sepulchers, full of corruption within. Sin has not been expelled from the soul, and impurity, self-indulgence, fleshly lusts, moral depravity,--are all discerned by the All-seeing Eye that reads the thoughts and intents of the heart.

O om alle jeres unge måtte have en tilbøjelighed til at søge sandheden som en skjult sat, så de måtte finde den, og bringe den i kontakt med dem som ikke kender til den! O om den sandhed som ikke er foldet ud for vore sind, måtte bære en praktisk frugt i vore liv, så det der blev tildelt os måtte tilddeles andre igennem os! Medmindre Guds sanhed modtages i hjertet og føres ud i det praktiske liv, er det ikke sandhed for nogen som den er blevet præsenteret for, men blot et bedrag. Guds sind må forenes med menneskets sind, så enhver tanke måtte bringes i fangenskab under Kristus. Når sandheden modtages til fulde, vil den gøres tydelig ved en forvandling af karakteren. Men dem som ikke tager imod sandheden, skønt deres navne kanvære i menighedsbøgerne, er som kalkede grave, fuld af fordærv inden i. Synden er ikke blevet uddrevet fra sjælen, og urenhed, selvføjelighed, kødets lyster, moralske afsagn – kan altsammen ses af det alt-seende Øje som læser hjertets tanker og intentioner.