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for the books received from the publishing-house. Yet to require
prompt remittal is the only way in which to carry on business.
Matters should be so arranged that canvassers shall have enough to
live on without overdrawing. This door of temptation must be closed
and barred. However honest a canvasser may be, circumstances will
arise in his work which will be a sore temptation to him.
When they get into difficulty, some canvassers expect that money
is to be drawn from the treasury to help them out, only to get into strait
places again, and again to require help. Those who are stewards of the
means in the treasury must keep a sharp lookout to see that the supply
is not exhausted by these draughts. When men can not by canvassing
bring into the treasury every dollar that belongs to it rightly, let them
stop just where they are. They should not engage in canvassing unless
they can bring means into the treasury, instead of robbing it.
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All must practise economy. No worker should manage his affairs in
a way to incur debt. The practise of drawing money from the treasury
before it is earned is a snare. In this way the resources are limited,
so that laborers can not be supported in missionary work. When one
voluntarily becomes involved in debt, he is entangling himself in one
of Satan’s nets which he sets for souls.
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