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the progress of the work have borrowed money and paid interest on it,
to help establish schools and sanitariums and to build meetinghouses.
The institutions thus established and the churches built have been the
means of winning many to the truth. Thus the tithe has been increased,
and workers have been added to the Lord’s forces.—
Letter 211, 1904
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Loss Through Lack of Faith
God would have the standard lifted higher and still higher. The
church cannot abridge her task without denying her Master. Meeting-
houses must be built in many places. Is it economy to fail to provide
in our cities places of worship where the Redeemer may meet with
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His people? Let us not give the impression that we find it too great an
expense to provide properly for the reception of the heavenly Guest.
In laying plans for building, we need the wisdom of God. We
should not needlessly incur debt, but I would say that in every case all
the money required to complete a building need not be in hand before
the work is begun. We must often move forward by faith, working as
expeditiously as possible. It is through a lack of faith that we fail of
receiving the fulfillment of God’s promises. We must work and pray
and believe. We are to move forward steadily and earnestly, trusting in
the Lord, and saying, “We will not fail nor become discouraged.”—
The
Review and Herald, September 7, 1905
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