All the revelations of the past bring added responsibilities upon the workers in these last days. The past, present, and future are linked together. We must learn lessons from the experiences of other ages. If there are any of our brethren who think that they have devised plans by which they can secure a monopoly of any line of God's work, they are released from all such burdens. Individually we form a part of the great whole, fulfilling our part in the scenes foreseen long ages ago. In the counsels of God a place was assigned to every person, and each one is to devote his entire ability, his influence, the energy of his whole being, in an earnest endeavor to discharge the responsibility laid upon him. It is the duty of every human intelligence to put into daily practice the instructions of Christ in the seventeenth chapter of John by living a practical, Christian life. We are to be united to one another in the bonds of Christlike love. This is the path marked out for all. By following in it, without boasting, without self exaltation, we may satisfy the high claims of God upon us. If any are inclined to boast of their superior talents, let them bear in mind that these talents are another's, only lent to them for a season, and that if they are not employed in the Lord's work, they will be taken from them. Make no boasts of your extensive knowledge and influence. The great plan of redemption connects every man with his fellow-laborer. The influence of the past helps to mold the work of the present, and that in its turn enables us to lay hold of the work line after line, upon which we may carry on the future work. All these agencies have a close relation, not only to time, but to the endless ages of the future, reaching into eternity.

Alle fortidens åbenbarelser pålægges medarbejdernes ansvar for disse sidste dage. Fortiden, nutiden og fremtiden kædes sammen. Vi må lære lektier fra ældre tiders erfaringer. Hvis der er nogen af vore brødre som mener at de kan lægge planer, hvorved de kan sikre sig monopol i en linier af Guds værk, er de fri fra alle sådanne byrder. Hver i sær former vi en del af det store hele, udfylder vor del i de scenerier der er forudsat for lang tid siden. I Guds råd er der plads til enhver person, og enhver skal hellige alle sine evner, sin indflydelse, og hele hans energi i alvorlig bestræbelse for at fritage sig for det ansvar, der er pålagt ham. Det er ethvert forstandigt menneskes opgave at bruge Kristi belæring fra Johannes det syvende i det daglige praktiske kristne liv. Vi skal forenes med hinanden i kristuslignende kærlighedsbånd. Det er den sti der er markeret ud for alle. Ved at følge den, uden, pral uden selvophøjelse, må vi indfri Guds høje krav til os. Hvis nogen er tilbøjelige til at prale af deres overlegne talenter, så lad dem have i tanke at disse talenter er andres, kun udlånt dem for en stund, og bruges de ikke i Herrens værk, vil de blive taget fra dem. Pral ikke af din udvidede kundskab og indflydelse. Den store forløsningsplan forbinder enhver med sin medarbejder. Fortidens indflydelse hjælper til at forme nutidens arbejde, og sætter os derved i stand til at gribe fat i værket linie efter linie, hvorpå vi kan fortsætte det fremtidige arbejde. Alle disse agenter har en nøje relation, ikke kun i tid, men i fremtidens endeløse tidsaldere, der når ud i evigheden.