... We want the poor Mormons ... to mark the carpets, mirrors, the curtains and the rest, and then to go home and look at the squalor of their own homes, their unkempt wives, their miserable children growing up in despair and ignorance, and then to reflect how much better it would have been for them, instead of working hard for wages ... if they had only started out as did Uncle John, determined to serve God for nothing but hash."
... We hope the impoverished Mormons will beautify their homes, furnishings, and other belongings, and then return home to confront the squalor of their own lives, their neglected families, and children struggling with poverty and lack of opportunities, and then consider how much better off they would have been if they had started out like Uncle John, dedicated to serving God without financial reward but for basic necessities.