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Those who work earnestly and unselfishly, be they men or women,
bring sheaves to the Master; and the souls converted by their labor will
bring their tithes to the treasury. When self-denial is required because
of a dearth of means, do not let a few hard-working women do all the
sacrificing. Let all share in making the sacrifice. God declares, I hate
robbery for burnt offering.—
Manuscript 47, 1898
.
To Be Paid From the Tithe—The tithe should go to those who
labor in word and doctrine, be they men or women.—
Manuscript 149,
1899
.
A Procedure Which Will Limit Women Workers—Injustice
has sometimes been done to women who labor just as devotedly as
their husbands, and who are recognized by God as being necessary
to the work of the ministry. The method of paying men laborers, and
not paying their wives who share their labors with them, is a plan not
according to the Lord’s order, and if carried out in our conferences,
is liable to discourage our sisters from qualifying themselves for the
work they should engage in. God is a God of justice, and if the minis-
ters receive a salary for their work, their wives who devote themselves
just as disinterestedly to the work, should be paid in addition to the
wages their husbands receive, even though they may not ask for this.
Seventh-day Adventists are not in any way to belittle woman’s
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work. If a woman puts her housework in the hands of a faithful,
prudent helper, and leaves her children in good care, while she engages
in the work, the conference should have wisdom to understand the
justice of her receiving wages.—
Gospel Workers, 452, 453
(1915).
God Has Settled This Question—If women do the work that
is not the most agreeable to many of those who labor in word and
doctrine, and if their works testify that they are accomplishing a work
that has been manifestly neglected, should not such labor be looked
upon as being as rich in results as the work of the ordained ministers?
Should it not command the hire of the laborer? ...
This question is not for men to settle. The Lord has settled it. You
are to do your duty to the women who labor in the gospel, whose work
testifies that they are essential to carrying the truth into families. Their
work is just the work that must be done, and should be encouraged.
In many respects a woman can impart knowledge to her sisters that a
man cannot. The cause would suffer great loss without this kind of
labor by women. Again and again the Lord has shown me that women