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I have seen that it has been satan’s design in times past to push
out some with a hurried spirit to make a too free use of means, and
influence the brethren to rashly dispose of their property, that means
might be thrown out carelessly, and hastily disposed of, and souls
injured and lost through an abundance of means, and now when the
truth is to be spread more extensively, the lack might be felt. His
design has in some degree been accomplished.
The Lord has shown me the error of many in looking to those only
who have property to support the publication of the paper and tracts.
All should act their part. Those who have strength to labor with their
hands, and earn means to help sustain the cause, are as accountable for
it as others are for their property. Every child of God, who professes to
believe the present truth, should be zealous to act his part in this cause.
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July, 1853, I saw that it was not as it should be, that the paper,
owned and approved of God, should come out so seldom. That the
cause, in the time in which we are living, demands the paper weekly,
and the publication of many more tracts to expose the increasing errors
of this time; but the work was hindered for want of means. I saw that
the truth must go, and that we must not be too fearful; that tracts and
papers had better go to three where they were not needed, than to have
one deprived of them who can be benefited, and who prized them. I
saw that the last-day signs should be brought out and clearly shown;
for the manifestations of Satan are on the increase. Their publishing
is increasing, their power is growing; and what we can do to get the
truth before others, must be done quickly.
I was shown like this. The truth once got out now, will stand; for
it is the truth for the last days, and it will live, and less need to be
said upon the truth after it is out. Numberless words need not be put
upon paper to justify what speaks for itself, and shines in its clearness.
But it is not so with error. It is so winding and twisting that it needs
a multitude of words to explain it in its crooked form. But truth is
straight, plain, clear, and stands out boldly in its own defense. The
cause of truth should not be hindered in its onward progress for want
of means.
I saw that in some places all the light they had received came from
the paper; and souls had received the truth in this way, and then talked
it to others; and now in places where there are several, they had been
raised up by this silent messenger. It was their only preacher.
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