Management
Enfeebled by Mismanagement—But the heart of the work, the
great center, has been enfeebled by the mismanagement of men who
have not kept pace with their leader. Satan has diverted their money
and their capabilities into wrong channels. Their precious time has
been passing into eternity. The earnest work that is now being done,
the aggressive warfare that is being carried on might long ago have
been just as vigorously carried on in obedience to the light of God.
The whole body is sick because of mismanagement and miscalcu-
lation. The people to whom God has entrusted eternal interests, the
depositories of truth pregnant with eternal results, the keepers of light
that is to illuminate the whole world, have lost their bearings.—
Letter
8, 1896
, p. 6 (February 6, 1896).
Loose Way of Business not to be Continued—The result is that
the cause of God is involved in perplexity and brought into embar-
rassment, and a heavy burden is cast upon those who were appointed
to bear weighty responsibilities. If this loose way of doing business
is permitted to continue, it will not only drain the treasury of means,
but will cut off the supplies that flow from the people. It will destroy
their confidence in those at the head of the work who have the man-
agement of funds, and will lead many to discontinue their gifts and
offerings.—
Colporteur Ministry, 96
.
Careless Workmen a Burden—The course of these careless
workmen has brought upon men in leading positions a burden that
grieves them to the heart. They are perplexed to know how they can
guard the cause of God from every species of robbery, and yet save
the souls of those who have such perverted ideas as to what is true
honesty.—Ibid.
....As a result the greatest work ever committed to mortals has
been marred by man’s defective management....—
Testimonies for the
Church 5:550
.
Other References:
Testimonies for the Church 7:99
; Vol. 5, 276.
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