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Counsels on Stewardship (1940)

• Information about this Book
• Foreword
• Section 1—Heaven’s Law of Benevolence and Its Purpose
  • Chapter 1—Coworkers With God
  • Chapter 2—Our Bountiful Benefactor
    • Continual Recipients to Give Continually
    • Only Way to Manifest Gratitude
    • Paul’s Argument Against Selfishness
  • Chapter 3—Why God Employs Men as His Almoners
    • The Fruit of Seeking Gain
    • Our Greatest Conflict With Self
    • A Foul Blot
    • Our Possessions Ony in Trust
    • To Awaken Attributes of Christ’s Character
    • The Highest Honor, the Greatest Joy
  • Chapter 4—The Conflicting Principles of Christ and Satan
    • An Unequal Contest
    • The Keynote of Christ’s Teaching
    • The Fruits of Selfishness
    • Death to All Piety
  • Chapter 5—Beneficence Where Christ Abides
    • When Christ Is Enthroned in the Heart
    • Covetousness and Avarice Overcome
  • Chapter 6—Preaching Practical Sermons
    • The Most Difficult Sermon
    • Expands the Heart, Unites With Christ
    • Giving With Cheerful Alacrity
  • For Further Study
• Section 2—God’s Work and Its Support
  • Chapter 7—The Lord’s Work to Be Maintained
    • A Privilege and a Responsibility
    • Support Foreign Missions
    • The Work Must Not Stop
  • Chapter 8—Wholehearted Attachment to the Church
    • The Baptismal Vow
    • The Task Before Us
    • Wait Not for Appeals
  • Chapter 9—The Voice of Consecration
    • Answering Christ’s Prayer for Unity
    • Empty the Heart of Selfishness
  • Chapter 10—A Call to Greater Earnestness
    • Latter Rain Postponed
    • Subordinate Every Earthly Interest
    • The Spirit of Sacrifice
    • A Call for Consecrated Families
  • Chapter 11—Selling Homes and Property
    • Possessions to Decrease Rather Than Increase
    • Preparation for Time of Trouble
    • No Cord to Bind to Earth
  • For Further Study
• Section 3—God’s Reserves—the Tithe
  • Chapter 12—A Test of Loyalty
    • God’s Reserves of Time and Means
    • Possessions as Well as Income to Be Tithed
    • For Every Dispensation
    • Designed as a Great Blessing
    • Nine Tenths Worth More Than the Ten
    • A Marked Change From Jewish Days
  • Chapter 13—Founded Upon Eternal Principles
    • Paul’s Recognition of the System
    • God’s Claim Upon Us
  • Chapter 14—A Plan Beautiful in Simplicity
    • For Rich and Poor
    • Bound by Covenant Relations
    • Not a Rigorous Law
    • No Burden Save to the Disobedient
    • A Meager Pittance
  • Chapter 15—A Question of Honesty
    • Forfeiting Peace of Conscience
    • No Better Than Sacrilege
  • Chapter 16—Regularity and System
    • First the Tithe—Then Offerings
    • Meeting God’s Claims First
  • Chapter 17—The Message of Malachi
    • A Daring Repudiation
    • Robbing God
    • A Serious Matter
    • Every Dollar Charged
    • Why the Blessing is Withheld from Some
    • Darkness Brought Into the Churches
    • Selfish Withholding Recorded
    • Great Loss to the Unfaithful Steward
  • Chapter 18—Let Us Prove the Lord
    • A Reason for Adversity
    • Promises With God’s Commands
  • Chapter 19—Appropriating God’s Reserve Funds
    • The True Reason for Withholding
    • Withheld Tithes Because of Lack of Confidence
    • The First Duty to God
  • Chapter 20—The Response of an Aroused Conscience
    • The Back Tithe is God’s Property
    • The Careless and Indifferent to Redeem Their Honor
    • Payment by Note
    • Pale at Thought of Withheld Tithe
    • Facing the New Year
    • Restitution With Contrition
    • Jacob’s Fidelity
    • Prayer Not a Substitute for Tithing
    • Before It Is Too Late
  • Chapter 21—The Use of the Tithe
    • Other Lines to Be Sustained, but Not From Tithes
    • Includes Bible Teachers
    • Not a Poor Fund
    • Not for Church Expense
  • Chapter 22—Education by Ministers and Church Officers
    • Instructing New Converts
    • The Pastor’s Duty
    • The Responsibility of Church Officers
    • Teaching the Poor to be Liberal
  • For Further Study
• Section 4—To Every Man According to His Ability
  • Chapter 23—The Principles of Stewardship
    • How God Proves His Stewards
    • A Practical Question
    • In the Master’s Stead
  • Chapter 24—Our Talents
    • To Every Man His Work
    • Why Talents Are Bestowed
  • Chapter 25—Responsibilities of the Man With One Talent
    • Entrusted Talents to Be Used
    • Unimproved Talents
    • Accountability for Physical Strength
    • Indolence Not to Be Encouraged
  • Chapter 26—Robbing God of Rightful Service
    • The Great Sin of Professed Christians
    • The Sin of Neglect
  • Chapter 27—Facing the Judgment Day
    • Startling Revelations
    • Not Professing but Doing
    • Promise to the Faithful Steward
  • For Further Study
• Section 5—Stewards of Wealth
  • Chapter 28—Wealth an Entrusted Talent
    • The Acquisition of Wealth Not a Sin
    • Financial Talent Needed
  • Chapter 29—Methods of Acquiring Wealth
    • Integrity in Business
    • Intelligence and Purity in Every Transaction
    • Temptation Resisted
    • The Registry in Heaven’s Ledger
    • A Sacrifice of Principle
    • Close and Selfish Dealing
  • Chapter 30—Danger in Prosperity
    • In the Valley of Humiliation
    • A Perversion of an Original Faculty
    • The Handicap of Riches
    • A Question of Following Jesus
    • Faith Rare Among the Wealthy
    • Riches Not a Ransom for the Transgressor
    • The Greatest Danger
  • Chapter 31—Satan’s Wiles
    • Worse Than Earthly Loss
    • A Dwarfed Religious Experience
  • Chapter 32—Wealth Misused
    • Transformed Through Love
    • Property to Be Prized but Not Hoarded
  • Chapter 33—Sympathy for the Poor
    • No Caste in God’s Sight
    • Claims of the Widow and Fatherless
    • Not to Be Supported in Idleness
    • Diverting Means From the Mission Treasury
    • Self-Denial—Self-Sacrifice
  • For Further Study
• Section 6—Liberality Abounding in Poverty
  • Chapter 34—Liberality Commended
    • Liberality Rewarded
    • The Widow’s Two Mites
    • Mary’s Acceptable Offering
  • Chapter 35—Precious in God’s Sight
    • As Fragrant Incense
    • The Givers Rewarded Though Gifts Are Misappropriated
    • As Estimated in the Heavenly Balances
  • For Further Study
• Section 7—The Wealth of the Gentiles
  • Chapter 36—Favors to Be Received as Well as Imparted
    • Example of Nehemiah
    • Receiving Gifts From Outside
  • Chapter 37—God Preparing the Way
    • Impressed by the Spirit to Give
    • Calling Upon Rich Men
    • God Will Open the Way
    • A Means of Conversion
  • Chapter 38—The Harvest Ingathering Work
    • Fruit of This Twofold Effort
  • For Further Study
• Section 8—The True Motives for Acceptable Giving
  • Chapter 39—The True Motive in All Service
    • Motive for Giving Is Chronicled
    • Higher Motives Than Sympathy
    • Love the Principle of Action
  • Chapter 40—Freewill Offerings
    • Thank and Trespass Offerings
    • Grudging Gift a Mockery to God
    • The Cheerful Giver Accepted
  • Chapter 41—Popular Methods of Appeal
    • Giving for Selfish Considerations
    • Repeating the Sin of Nadab and Abihu
    • Liberality With No Depth of Principle
  • For Further Study
• Section 9—The Pursuit of Earthly Treasure
  • Chapter 42—The Peril of Covetousness
    • The Bewitching Power of Satan
    • Departure From the Self-Sacrifice of the Pioneers
    • Everyone Tested
  • Chapter 43—Trying to Serve God and Mammon
    • Enduring Substance or Passing Shadow
    • Engrossed in Pursuit of Wealth
    • A Lesson From Judas
    • Blinded by Love of the World
    • True Generosity Destroyed
  • Chapter 44—Vain Professors
    • A Title to the Heavenly Possessions
    • Eternal Riches Slighted
    • How Inconsistent! How Worthless!
    • God Will Provide
  • For Further Study
• Section 10—The Lure of Speculation
  • Chapter 45—Grasping for Riches
    • The Infatuation of New Enterprises
    • More Attractive Than Persevering Labor
    • A Snare of Satan
  • Chapter 46—The Temptation to Speculate
    • Deceiving Enchantments and Bribes
    • Misleading Prospects
    • Speculation by Ministers
    • Speculating in Land Near Our Institutions
    • The Lure of Lotteries
  • Chapter 47—Unwise Investments
  • For Further Study
• Section 11—The Tyranny of Debt
  • Chapter 48—Living Within the Income
    • Industry and Economy in the Family
    • Economy From Principle
    • The First Lesson—Self-Denial
  • Chapter 49—Bringing Reproach Upon God’s Cause
    • What the Eighth Commandment Requires
    • One of Satan’s Nets for Souls
    • Weakens Faith, Tends to Discouragement
    • A Demoralizing Practice
  • Chapter 50—A Call to Prayer or Change of Occupation
    • Counsel to a Colporteur
    • Freedom Through Self-Denial
    • Personal Debt Not to Hinder Liberality
  • Chapter 51—Lifting Debts on Church Buildings
    • Church Debts Dishonoring to God
    • Need for Counsel and Cooperation
    • An Inexcusable Laxness
    • Building the Church and School at Avondale
  • Chapter 52—Avoiding Institutional Debts
    • Saving Expense Through Careful Sanitarium Management
    • Economy in School Management
    • Guarding School Finance
    • Shun Debt as Leprosy
  • Chapter 53—Failing to Count the Cost
    • Debt Through Overbuilding
    • Entrapped Through Miscalculation
    • Counting on Money Only in Prospect
    • Premature Enterprises Without Wide Counsel
  • Chapter 54—Moving Forward in Faith
    • Danger in Extreme Position
    • Guard Against Mistakes on Both Sides
    • A Brake on Wheels of Progress
    • Loss Through Lack of Faith
  • Chapter 55—Words From a Divine Counselor
    • Let Not Mistakes of the Past Be Repeated
    • Lift the Debts
    • In Time of Reformation Means Will Come
  • For Further Study
• Section 12—Saving to Give
  • Chapter 56—Left to the Honor of Men
    • The Dollar That Might Save a Soul
  • Chapter 57—Words to the Youth
    • Children May Learn Self-Denial
    • Keep Account of Income and Outgoes
    • Following Satan’s Suggestions
    • Birthdays and Holidays
  • Chapter 58—A Plea for Economy
    • A Partner in God’s Firm
    • The Care of the Mites
    • Then the Message Will Go With Power
    • Progress Despite Poverty
  • For Further Study
• Section 13—The Sacredness of Vows and Pledges
  • Chapter 59—Promises to God Binding
    • A Reason for Adversity
  • Chapter 60—The Sin of Ananias
  • Chapter 61—A Contract With God
    • Conditions for Receiving God’s Promises
    • Satan’s Protest
    • Need for an Aroused Conscience
  • For Further Study
• Section 14—Wills and Legacies
  • Chapter 62—Preparation for Death
    • How to Make Your Property Secure
  • Chapter 63—Stewardship a Personal Responsibility
  • Chapter 64—Shifting Responsibility to Others
  • For Further Study
• Section 15—The Reward of Faithful Stewardship
  • Chapter 65—The Place of Reward as a Motive in Service
    • As a Gift, Not as a Right
  • Chapter 66—Treasure in Heaven
    • Strengthening the Bonds of Unity
    • Engraven on Christ’s Hands
  • Chapter 67—Temporal Blessings to the Benevolent
    • A Healing Blessing
    • The Work of Benevolence Twice Blessed
    • The Power of Earth Broken
    • The Earthly Life Enriched
    • The Heart of the Giver Expanded
    • God’s Standing Promise
  • Chapter 68—Sharing in the Joys of the Redeemed
    • Realization Greater Than Expectation
    • The Promise Sure
    • Only a Little While Now
  • For Further Study