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heavenly inheritance. There is now a good opportunity for them to
use their means for the benefit of suffering humanity and also for
the advancement of the truth. This enterprise should never be left to
struggle in poverty. These stewards to whom God has entrusted means
should now come up to the work and use their means to His glory. To
those who through covetousness withhold their means, it will prove a
curse rather than a blessing.
Those to whom God has entrusted means should provide a fund
to be used for the benefit of the worthy poor who are sick and not
able to defray the expenses of receiving treatment at the institution.
There are some precious, worthy poor whose influence has been a
benefit to the cause of God. A fund should be raised to be used for
the express purpose of treating such of the poor as the church where
they reside shall decide are worthy to be benefited. Unless those who
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have an abundance give for this object, without calling for returns, the
poor will be unable to avail themselves of the benefits derived from
the treatment of disease at such an institution, where so much means
is required for labor bestowed. Such an institution should not in its
infancy, while struggling to live, become embarrassed by a constant
expenditure of means without realizing any returns.
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