The Message of Christian Stewardship
Teach Every Convert—Every soul converted is to have the light
in regard to the Lord’s requirement for tithes and offerings. All that
men enjoy they receive from the Lord’s great farm, and He is pleased to
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have His heritage enjoy His goods; but He has made a special contract
with all who stand under the bloodstained banner of Prince Immanuel,
that they may show their dependence and accountability to God, by
returning to His treasury a certain portion as His own. This is to be
invested in supporting the missionary work which must be done to
fulfill the commission given to them by the Son of God just before He
left His disciples.—
Manuscript 123, 1898
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Each a Link in Chain of Salvation—He who becomes a child of
God should henceforth look upon himself as a link in the chain let
down to save the world, one with Christ in His plan of mercy, going
forth with Him to seek and save the lost.—
The Ministry of Healing,
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(1905).
Evangelists’ Responsibility—It is part of your work to teach
those whom you bring into the truth to bring the tithe into the store-
house as an acknowledgment of their dependence on God. They should
be fully enlightened as to their duty to return to the Lord His own.
The command to pay tithe is so plain that there is no semblance of
excuse for disregarding it. If you neglect to give the new converts
instruction on this point, you leave undone a most important part of
your work.—
Letter 51, 1902
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Guiding the New Church—Never should the laborer who raises
up little companies here and there, give the impression to those newly
come to the faith, that God does not require them to work systemati-
cally in helping to sustain the cause by their personal labors and by
their means....
All should be taught to do what they can for the Master; to render to
Him according as He has prospered them. He claims as His just due a
tenth of their income, be it large or small; and those who withhold this,
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commit robbery toward Him and cannot expect His prospering hand to
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