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Chapter 67—Unfaithfulness in Stewardship
Dear Brother K,
A few things which are pressing upon my mind I feel a duty to
write to Brother L and you. I have related the substance of the matter
before you; but as my mind is still burdened, I will write.
I was shown that with you,
I
and
mine
have come to be first. You
have had so great a care for yourself that the Lord has had no room
to work for you. You have given Him no chance. He has, in a great
measure, given Brother L and yourself up to work according to your
own judgment, that you might be convinced that your wisdom is
foolishness. You have not worked for the interest of the widow and
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fatherless, as the Lord has especially enjoined upon His followers;
neither have you made the cases of the Lord’s poor your own, by
taking a special interest in them, nor have you sought to glorify
God and magnify His name; therefore the Lord has suffered you and
Brother L to pursue a course of your own choosing. He has permitted
you to look out for yourselves. Your own selfish interests have been
the foundation of your actions, and you will reap the harvest which
you yourselves have sown. I saw that you would verily receive the
reward that sooner or later follows the serving of your own selfish
interest. “Give an account of thy stewardship,” must be heard by
you. You are accountable to God for the work entrusted to you,
which you have shamefully neglected in order to serve yourselves.
Had you been seeking to show yourselves approved unto God,
seeking the kingdom of heaven and the righteousness of Christ, you
would have been doing the works of Christ. The poor, the widows,
the fatherless, would have called forth from you the tenderest pity
and sympathy; you would have been interested in them and treated
them as you would wish your wife and children treated were they
left dependent and afflicted to the cold mercies of the world or of
unfeeling, heartless professed Christians. There has been on your
part a sad, unfeeling, heartless neglect of the unfortunate. You have
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