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He who holds forth the word of life is not to allow too many
burdens to be placed upon him. He must take time to study the word
and to examine self. If he closely searches his own heart, and gives
himself to the Lord, he will better understand how to grasp the hidden
things of God.
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Instead of choosing the work most pleasing to us, and refusing to
do something that our brethren think we should do, we are to inquire:
“Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?” Instead of marking out the way
that natural inclination prompts us to follow, we are to pray: “Teach
me Thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path.”
Psalm 27:11
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Financial Details of City Work .
Our ministers should learn to let business and financial matters
alone. Over and over again I have been instructed that this is not
the work of the ministry. They are not to be heavily burdened with
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the business details even of city work, but are to be in readiness to
visit places where an interest in the message has been awakened, and
especially to attend our camp meetings. When these meetings are in
progress, our workers are not to think that they must remain in the
cities to attend to business matters connected with various lines of city
work; nor are they to hurry away from the camp meetings in order to
do this kind of work.
Those in charge of our conferences should find businessmen to
look after the financial details of city work. If such men cannot be
found, let facilities be provided for training men to bear these burdens.
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