I ask you who are handling sacred things, I ask the individual members of the church, Have you confessed your sins? If not, begin now; for your souls are in great peril. If you die with your mistakes concealed, unconfessed, you die in your sins. The mansions that Jesus has gone to prepare for all who love him, will be peopled by those who are free from sin. But sins that are not confessed will never be forgiven; the name of him who thus rejects the grace of God will be blotted out of the book of life. The time is at hand when every secret thing shall be brought into judgment, and then there will be many confessions made that will astonish the world. The secrets of all hearts will be revealed. The confession of sin will be most public. The sad part of it is that confession then made will be too late to benefit the wrongdoer or to save others from deception. It only testifies that his condemnation is just. He gained nothing by his pride and self-sufficiency and stubbornness, for his own life was imbittered, he ruined his own character so that he was not a fit subject of heaven, and by his influence he led others to ruin.

Jeg spørger jer som har med hellige ting at gøre, jeg spørger de enkelte medlemmer i menigheden: Har I bekendt jeres synder? Hvis, så begynd nu; for jeres sjæle er i stor fare. Hvis I dør med jeres fejltagelser i det skjulte, uden at have vedkendt dem, så dør du i dine synder. De boliger som Gud har gået for at berede for alle som elsker ham, vil befolkes af dem som er fri fra synd. De synder, der ikke bliver bekendt, vil aldrig blive tilgivet; Navnet på ham, som således forkaster Guds nåde, vil blive udslettet af livets bog. Tiden er nær, hvor enhver hemmelig ting vil blive bragt frem for dommen, og da vil der blive mange bekendelser, som vil forbavse verden. Alle hjerters hemmeligheder vil blive åbenbaret. Syndens bekendelse vil være meget offentligt. Den triste del af det er, at den bekendelse, der gøres på det tidspunkt, vil være for sen til at gavne synderen eller at frelse andre fra bedrag. Det bevidner ikke kun at hans dom er retfærdig. Han vandt intet ved sin stolthed og selvtilstrækkelighed , for hans eget liv var forbitret, han ruinerede sin egen karakter så at han ikke var egnet for himlen, og ved sin indflydelse lede andre til ruin.