There has been a great departure from God in this matter. There has been a loss of zeal for the truth, and the light contained in the "Testimonies" has been disregarded. May the Lord help you, my brethren, to come into a position where the animal powers will not predominate over the moral and the spiritual. May your eyes not be blinded by self-indulgence, so that you cannot discern between the sacred and the common. God forbid that the precious truth should be held in unrighteousness, and that you should dishonor God and the truth by a corrupt and unconsecrated life. Study your true position before God. At this time, when the prayers of faith should be going up to God, you are not ready to lift up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. Have you not a work to do, to seek the Lord with humiliation of soul, with fasting and prayer? Is it not time, high time, for you to awake out of sleep, and shake off this carnal security? "Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near." This privilege will not always be granted us, therefore we should make diligent use of our present opportunities. "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon." Then make no delay. The gracious promise is yours today. Set your heart and house in order. God sees the defects in your character, and he desires that you should see them, and feel your great need of the help which he alone can give.

Mange er afvegne fra Gud i denne henseende. Der er mindre iver for at udbrede sandheden og mindre agtelse for det lys, som Gud har givet os ved sin Ånd. Må Herren hjælpe jer, mine brødre, at komme i en stilling, hvor de sanselige lyster ikke hersker over det åndelige! Må jeres øjne ikke være forblindede af egenkærlighed, så at I ikke kan skelne mellem det hellige og det almindelige! Gud forbyde, at I skulle vanære Gud og hans sandhed ved et vanhelligt liv. Er det ikke høje tid for jer at vågne op af søvnen og afryste denne kødelige sikkerhed? "Søg Herren, når han er at finde, kald på ham, når han er nær." Dette nådige tilbud vil ikke altid lyde; derfor bør vi flittigt benytte de anledninger, vi nu har. "Den ugudelige skal forlade sin vej, det onde menneske sine planer og vende om til Herren, som vil vise ham barmhjertighed, tilbage til vor Gud, for han er rig på tilgivelse." Es 55,7. Tøv da ikke. Det storslåede løfte er dit i dag. Bring dit hjerte og hus i orden. Gud ser manglerne i din karakter, og han ønsker at du skal se dem, og føle dit store behov for den hjælp som han alene kan give.