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Counsels on Stewardship
We then sought the Lord most earnestly that he would open ways that
we might reach the people in the different cities and towns, and my
husband and myself would have to work with our hands to get means
to carry us from place to place, to open the treasures of faith to others.
We could see that the Lord of heaven was preparing the way before us
in the work.
My husband has worked at handling stone till the skin was worn
from his fingers, and the blood started from the wounds, that he might
get means to carry him from place to place to speak to the people the
words of truth. This is the way the work went in the beginning, and
our petitions must now ascend to the God of heaven as they did then,
that He will open the way, and the truth find access to hearts. The gold
and the silver are the Lord’s. The cattle upon the thousand hills are
His; but He wants you to move forward in faith just as far and as fast
as you can. The Lord’s blessing will rest upon those who do to the
very best of their ability....
When the Scriptures were opened in the Piedmont Valleys, the
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truth was carried forward by those who were very poor in this world’s
goods. Those who had Bible truth were not allowed to bring it before
the people; they could not get Bibles into families; so they went as
merchants selling goods, and carried parts of the Bible with them, and
when they saw that it would do, they would read from the Scriptures;
and those who were hungering for truth could in this way obtain light.
With bare and bleeding feet, these men traveled over the hard rocks of
the mountains in order that they might reach souls, and open to them
the words of life. I wish the very same spirit that animated them was
in the heart of everyone who professes the truth at the present time.
We can every one of us do something, if we will only take the po-
sition that God would have us. Every move that you make to enlighten
others, brings you nearer in harmony with the God of heaven. If you sit
down and look at yourself and say, “I can barely support my family,”
you will never do anything; but if you say, “I will do something for the
truth, I will see it advance, I will do what I can,” God will open ways
so that you can do something. You should invest in the cause of truth
so that you will feel that you are a part of it.
God does not require of the man to whom He has given one talent,
the interest of ten. Remember that it was the man who had one talent
that wrapped it in a napkin and hid it in the earth. You should use the