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The Publishing Ministry
handling so many storybooks. These books may be excellent in some
ways, but they do not contain the knowledge we should hunger and
thirst to obtain in this period of the earth’s history....
Let all the publications issued from our presses be of a character to
give food to the soul. The Word of God is not half comprehended.—
Letter 75, 1900
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Duty to the Blind and Handicapped [
With such inspired coun-
sels as these in mind, the Christian Record Publishing Association was
organized in Lincoln, Nebraska, to reach the blind with God’s message
of hope for these times. See p. 410.
]—I have been shown some things
in reference to our duty to the unfortunate which I feel it my duty to
write at this time.
I saw that it is in the providence of God that widows and orphans,
the blind, the deaf, the lame, and persons afflicted in a variety of ways,
have been placed in close Christian relationship to His church; it is to
prove His people and develop their true character. Angels of God are
watching to see how we treat these persons who need our sympathy,
love, and disinterested benevolence. This is God’s test of our character.
If we have the true religion of the Bible we shall feel that a debt of
love, kindness, and interest is due to Christ in behalf of His brethren;
and we can do no less than to show our gratitude for His immeasurable
love to us while we were sinners unworthy of His grace, by having
a deep interest and unselfish love for those who are our brethren and
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who are less fortunate than ourselves.—
Testimonies for the Church
3:511
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Two Books on the Same Subject?—When a book comes from
the press to fill a certain want in the world, the interests of that book
must be guarded by the men who have received pay for publishing it,
even if the matter contained in the book is not of sufficient importance
to demand a large circulation without delay.
I have been shown some things that will be done in the future.
One man will prepare a book for publication, and after it is in cir-
culation, someone else will think that he can publish a book similar
in appearance and covering nearly the same ground as the first book
placed on the market. The writer of this second book will use different
words, but will treat of the same subjects that are treated of in the other
book. Thus two different books will be in existence when one would
have been all-sufficient. There will be instances when even before the