6T 124-25: "The parable of the straying sheep should be treasured...The divine Shepherd leaves the ninety and nine, and goes out into the wilderness to seek the one that is lost....This speck of a world was the scene of the incarnation and suffering of the Son of God. Christ did not go to the world's unfallen, but He came to this world, all seared and marred with the curse....We must bear in mind the great joy, manifested by the Shepherd at the recovery of the lost....And all Heaven echoes the note of joy.
Mfano wa kondoo aliyepotea unapaswa kuhifadhiwa...Mchungaji wa Ki-Mungu anawaacha tisini na tisa, na anakwenda nje jangwani kutafuta mmoja ambaye amepotea....Hii chembe ya ulimwengu ilikuwa ndiyo mandhari ya kuzaliwa katika ubinadamu (incarnation) na kuteseka kwa Mwana wa Mungu. Kristo hakwenda katika sayari ambazo hazijaanguka, lakini alikuja duniani, yote ikiwa imepakwa na kuharibiwa kwa laana....Tunalazimika kutafakari katika mawazo furaha kuu, iliyodhihirishwa na Mchungaji wakati alipoipata [dunia] iliyopotea....Na mbingu zote zinasikika kwa sauti za furaha. Baba mwenyewe anafurahi kwa aliyeokolewa mmoja kwa kuimba. Testimonies, gombo la 6, ukr. 124-125.