In a petition for clemency addressed to the president of the United States, they wrote: “The Lord’s will is as announced in the Scriptures, ‘ Thou shalt not kill, ’ and therefore any member of the [International Bible Students] Association so consecrated unto the Lord who would willingly violate his covenant of consecration would forfeit for himself God’s favor, even to his complete destruction.
در آن نامه قید کردند که در کتاب مقدّس آمده است قتل مکن ،‏ پس اگر هر کس که خود را به خدا وقف کرده است با میل خود ،‏ از این قانون نافرمانی کند ،‏ خدا را ناخشنود می‌سازد و نابود خواهد شد .‏