Satan has nets and snares, like the snares of the fowler, all prepared to entrap souls. It is his studied purpose that men shall employ their God-given powers for selfish ends rather than yield them to glorify God. God would have men engage in a work that will bring them peace and joy, and will render them eternal profits; but Satan wants us to concentrates our efforts for that which profiteth not, for things that perish with the using. The service of Satan is one of care, perplexity, anxiety, and wearing labor, and the treasure men toil to accumulate on earth is only for a season. The greatest caution is exercised in the worldly investment of means, that the expenditure may yield a good profit; but in things of eternal concern the utmost indifference is displayed. On that the great interests of the world to come were appreciated! Why is it that men are so unconcerned about the salvation of the soul when it was purchased at such cost by the Son of God?

Satan har garn og snarer ligesom en fuglefængers snarer, der alle er beregnet til at fange sjæle. Hans bestræbelser gælder at få mennesker til at bruge de evner, Gud har givet dem, hellere til egoistiske formål end til at ære Gud. Gud vil, at mennesket skal være optaget af et arbejde, som bringer dem fred og glæde og vil skaffe dem evige goder, men Satan ønsker, at vi skal koncentrere os om det, som ikke er til gavn for os, for ting, som med tiden går til grunde. Satans tjeneste er fuld af bekymring, uro, ængstelse og trættende arbejde, og de skatte, man får skrabet sammen, varer kun en tid. Men forlanger den største sikkerhed for, at man for anvendelsen af sine jordiske midler skal få god vinding; men med hensyn til de himmelske ting vises den største ligegyldighed. O, at interessen for den kommende verden måtte blive større! Hvorfor er mennesket så ligegyldigt for sin sjæls frelse, når den blev erhvervet af Guds søn med så stor bekostning?