Chapter 11—Relationship Between the Publishing
House and the Church
Treat Publishing Houses With High Respect—The Lord de-
signs that through our publishing houses, our sanitariums, and our
schools, bright beams of light shall shine to the world. Every branch of
the work connected with or attached to these instrumentalities should
be treated with the highest respect....
The publishing house at North Fitzroy is either the Lord’s ap-
pointed center, or it is not. If it is the Lord’s instrumentality, all should
regard it thus, and work always with the glory of God in view.—
Letter
27, 1896
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Duty of the Church to the Publishing House—The members of
a church within whose borders one of our publishing houses is situated
are honored in having among them one of the Lord’s special instrumen-
talities. They should appreciate this honor and should realize that it
involves a most sacred responsibility. Their influence and example will
go far in helping or hindering the institution in the accomplishment of
its mission.
As we approach the last crisis, it is of vital moment that harmony
and unity exist among the Lord’s instrumentalities. The world is filled
with storm and war and variance. Yet under one head—the papal
power—the people will unite to oppose God in the person of His
witnesses. This union is cemented by the great apostate. While he
seeks to unite his agents in warring against the truth he will work to
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divide and scatter its advocates. Jealousy, evil surmising, evilspeaking,
are instigated by him to produce discord and dissension. The members
of Christ’s church have the power to thwart the purpose of the adversary
of souls. At such a time as this let them not be found at variance with
one another or with any of the Lord’s workers. Amidst the general
discord let there be one place where harmony and unity exists because
the Bible is made the guide of life. Let the people of God feel that a
responsibility rests upon them to build up His instrumentalities.
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