"Why is there so dim a perception of the true spiritual condition of the church? Has not blindness fallen upon the watchmen standing on the walls of Zion?...One who sees beneath the surface, who reads the hearts of all men, says of those who have had great light: 'They are not afflicted and astonished because of their moral and spiritual condition.' 'Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
Kwa nini kuna utusitusi wa kuona hali ya mambo ya kiroho ya Kanisa? Je, upofu haujawafunika walinzi wanaosimama juu ya kuta za Sayuni?...Mmoja anayeona chini ya sehemu ya juu, ambaye anasoma mioyo ya wanadamu wote, anasema juu ya wale ambao wamekuwa na nuru kuu: Wala hawateswi na kustaajabu kwa sababu ya hali yao ya uelekevu na maisha ya kiroho. Naam, wamezichagua njia zao wenyewe, na nafsi zao zafurahia machukizo yao.