To have an eye single to the glory of God means to have singleness of purpose, to show forth the work that has been wrought in your heart, that subdues your will to the will of God, and brings into captivity every thought to the glory of God. The world has been looking upon you to see what would be the after-influence of the work of revival that came to the College, the Sanitarium, the Office of publication, and to the members of the church in Battle Creek. What testimony have you borne in your daily life and character? God expected you all to do your best, not to please, amuse, and glorify yourselves, but to honor him in all your ways, returning unto him according to the light and privileges that he had given you through the endowment of his grace. He expected you to testify before heavenly intelligences, and to be living witnesses to the world, of the power of the grace of Christ. The Lord tested you, to see if you would treat his rich blessing as a cheap, light matter, or regard it as a rich treasure to be handled with reverent awe. If all had treated the gift of God in this manner,--for the work was of God,--then, according to the measure of each one's responsibility, the grace given would have been doubled, as were the talents of him who traded diligently with his lord's money.

At have Guds ære for øje, betydet at have et mål for øje: at fortælle hvad Gud har gjort for os. Hans vilje er blevet vor vilje og hver tanke er taget til fange til Guds ære. Verdslige mennesker har holdt øje med dem for at se hvad det endelige resultat ville blive af vækkelser som kom til skolen, sanatoriet, forlaget og medlemmer af menigheden i Battle Creek. Hvilket vidnesbyrd har de givet i det daglige liv og i deres karekter? Gud venter af jer alle at I skal gøre jeres bedste, ikke til ære og ros for jer selv, men for at ære ham i al jeres færd, til gengæld for det lys og de velsignelser han i sin nåde har givet jer. Han venter at I skal give jeres vidnesbyrd for himmelens beboere og være levende vidner for verden om Kristi nåde og kraft. Herren satte jer på prøve for at se om I ville nedvurdere hans rige velsignelser, eller betrakte dem som en rig skat som må forvaltes med ærefrygt. Hvis alle havde taget imod Guds gave på denne måde - for det var Guds gerning - ville den blive fordoblet for hver enkelt, alt efter det ansvar man havde, på samme måde som talenterne blev fordoblet for den trofaste tjener.