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Never will they seek the Lord in vain. As they ask Him to help them
to advance the work in regions beyond, they will receive grace from
on high.
An unselfish equality is to be shown in dealing with the working
forces in home and foreign lands. More and more we must realize that
the means which is brought to the Lord’s treasury in the tithes and gifts
of our people, should be used for the support of the work, not only at
home, but in foreign fields. Those living in places where the work has
long been established, should bind about their supposed wants, so that
the work in new fields may go forward. In the institutions that have
been long established there is sometimes a desire to grasp more and
still more advantages. But the Lord declares that this should not be.
The money in His treasury is to be used in building up the work all
over the world.
Those places in the Lord’s vineyard where but little or nothing
has been done, call upon the places in which institutions are already
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established, to understand the situation. Let the men in those fields
which by God’s appointment have already been largely worked, and
where the cause is strongly established, curtail their ambition to branch
out. Let them not think of the great things they would like to do, and
continue to add to their facilities, while other parts of the vineyard are
destitute. It is selfish ambition that leads men to call for more for a
field already possessing ample facilities, while missionary fields are in
need.
If the Lord favors the work in some countries above that in other
countries, it is that there may be revealed a spirit of true liberality, a
desire to assist those who greatly need help in order to find a standing-
place, and to give character to the work. The Lord is no respecter of
persons or of places. His work is one great whole. His truth is to be
proclaimed to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people; and as new
fields are entered and people accept the truth, houses of worship and
schoolhouses are to be erected, and other needed facilities supplied.
Printing-presses are to be set in operation in many parts of the world.
The Lord’s work in new territories is to be carried forward to
a successful accomplishment. And God’s plans must be followed,
not the inclinations of those who would gather into the section over
which they have supervision, every possible advantage, while the utter
destitution of other parts of the Lord’s vineyard is forgotten.