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and corrupting the heart. None are so confirmed in right principles
as to be secure from temptation. All this trashy reading should be
resolutely discarded.
We have no permission from the Lord to engage in either the
printing or the sale of such literature, for it is the means of destroying
many souls. I know of what I am writing; for this matter has been
opened before me. Let not those who believe the truth engage in this
work, thinking to make money. The Lord will put a blight upon the
means thus obtained; He will scatter more than is gathered.—
Manual
for Canvassers, 51-53
(1902).
Canvass to Diffuse Light—In this age the trivial is praised and
magnified. There is a call for anything that will create a sensation and
make sales. The country is flooded with utterly worthless publications,
which were written for the sake of making money, while really valuable
books are unsold and unread. Those who handle this sensational
literature because by so doing they can make higher wages are missing
a precious opportunity to do good. There are battles to be fought to
arrest the attention of men and women, and interest them in really
valuable books that have the Bible for their foundation; and it will be
a still greater task to find conscientious, God-fearing workers who will
enter the field to canvass for these books for the purpose of diffusing
light.—
Testimonies for the Church 5:401, 402
(1885).
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