Obedience requires a sacrifice and involves a cross; and this is why so many of the professed followers of Christ refused to receive the light from Heaven, and, like the Jews of old, knew not the time of their visitation."
Utii huhitaji kafara na huhusisha msalaba; na hii ndiyo maana walio wengi wa wale wanaojiita wafuasi wa Kristo walikataa kupokea nuru kutoka Mbinguni, na, kama Wayahudi wa zamani, hawakujua saa ya kujiliwa kwao. Spirit of Prophecy, gombo la 4, ukr. 199-201.