The article stated: “It is a singular fact, that [when] a scarlet or crimson object [is] viewed through a red glass in the light, the object appears white; so, though our sins be as scarlet or crimson, when we come where God will view them through the blood of Christ, they are accounted as white. ”
Žurnālā bija teikts: ” Ir zināms, ka, gaismā raugoties uz [spilgti sarkanu] objektu caur sarkanu stiklu, objekts izskatās balts; gluži tāpat, kaut arī mūsu grēki būtu sarkani kā asinis, Dievs, raugoties uz tiem caur Kristus asinīm, tos uzskata par baltiem. ”