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Counsels on Stewardship
Should those who are seeking for an eternal reward think that they
need make no sacrifices?—
The Review and Herald, January 31, 1907
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Wait Not for Appeals
Our people are not to wait for more appeals, but are to lay right
hold of the work, making those things which appear impossibilities,
possibilities. Let each one ask himself, Has not the Lord entrusted me
with means for the advancement of His cause? ...
Let us be honest with the Lord. All the blessings that we enjoy
come from Him; and if He has entrusted us with the talent of means,
that we may help to do His work, shall we hold back? Shall we say,
No, Lord; my children would not be pleased, and therefore I shall
venture to disobey God, burying His talent in the earth?
There should be no delay. The cause of God demands your as-
sistance. We ask you, as the Lord’s stewards, to put His means into
circulation, to provide facilities by which many will have the opportu-
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nity of learning what is truth.
The temptation may come to you to invest your money in land.
Perhaps your friends will advise you to do this. But is there not a better
way of investing your means? Have you not been bought with a price?
Has not your money been entrusted to you to be traded upon for Him?
Can you not see that He wants you to use your means in helping to
build meeting- houses, in helping to establish sanitariums, where the
sick shall receive physical and spiritual healing, and in helping to start
schools, in which the youth shall be trained for service, that workers
may be sent to all parts of the world?
God Himself originates the plans for the advancement of His work,
and He has provided His people with a surplus of means, that when
He calls for help, they may cheerfully respond. If they will be faithful
in bringing to His treasury the means lent them, His work will make
rapid advancement. Many souls will be won to the truth, and the day
of Christ’s coming will be hastened.—
The Review and Herald, July
14, 1904
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