Through union with the world the church will become corrupt, 'a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.' The customs of the world must not have a place; for they will be open doors through which the prince of darkness will find access, and the line of demarcation will become indistinguishable between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not....Satanic forces are continually at work through the world, and it is satan's object to bring the church and the world into such close fellowship that their aims, their spirit, their principles, shall harmonize..."
Desturi za ulimwengu hazitakiwi kupata nafasi; kwa sababu zitakuwa ni milango ambayo mkuu wa giza atapata mwanya, na mstari wa utengo hautaweza kupambanuliwa kati ya yule amtumikiaye Mungu na yule asiyemtumikia . Nguvu za Kishetani muda wote zinatenda kazi kupitia katika ulimwengu, na ni kusudi la Shetani kulileta Kanisa na ulimwengu katika ushirika wa pamoja ili malengo yao, dhamiri zo, kanuni zao, zioane Review and Herald, Februari 26, 1895 (gombo la 3, ukr. 233).