Chapter 8—“The Labourer Is Worthy of His Hire”
Lord, how shall I best serve and glorify Thy name in the earth? How
shall I conduct my life to make Thy name a praise in the earth, and
lead others to love, serve, and honor Thee? Let me only desire and
choose Thy will. Let the words and example of my Redeemer be the
light and strength of my heart. While I follow and trust in Him, He
will not leave me to perish. He shall be my crown of rejoicing.—
The
Review and Herald, August 10, 1886
God Has Settled the Question of Wages—If women do the work
that is not the most agreeable to many of those who labor in word and
doctrine, and if their works testify that they are accomplishing a work
that has been manifestly neglected, should not such labor be looked
upon as being as rich in results as the work of the ordained ministers?
Should it not command the hire of the laborer? ...
This question is not for men to settle. The Lord has settled it. You
are to do your duty to the women who labor in the gospel, whose work
testifies that they are essential to carrying the truth into families. Their
work is just the work that must be done, and should be encouraged.
In many respects a woman can impart knowledge to her sisters that a
man cannot. The cause would suffer great loss without this kind of
labor by women. Again and again the Lord has shown me that women
teachers are just as greatly needed to do the work to which He has
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appointed them as are men.—
Evangelism, 493 (1903)
.
Women to Receive Wages for Their Work—There are minis-
ters’ wives—Sisters Starr, Haskell, Wilson, and Robinson—who have
been devoted, earnest, whole-souled workers, giving Bible readings
and praying with families, helping along by personal efforts just as
successfully as their husbands. These women give their whole time,
and are told that they receive nothing for their labors because their
husbands receive wages. I tell them to go forward and all such deci-
sions will be revised. The Word says, “The labourer is worthy of his
hire.”
Luke 10:7
. When any such decision as this is made, I will, in the
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