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Section 9—The Management of Sanitariums
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Just Dealing Regarding Wages
At times you have encouraged the workers to think that their
wages would be raised, and then you have failed to fulfill the promise
made. Is this letting your light shine forth in good works? Is such
service acceptable to the Master? Is this kind of work to continue in
God’s institutions, which were established to do a work for the saving
of the souls of those connected with them? You have restitution to
make for wages as long as possible withheld. Did you not know
when withholding these wages that you were not doing as you would
be done by? Why will men profess to be Christians, and yet follow
the sharp practices of the enemy? He will flatter your vanity. He
will try to deceive you, to lead you to think that the course you are
pursuing is the best course to follow in dealing with minds. But you
will be without excuse in allowing him to deceive you; for God has
marked out a plain path for you to follow....
Christ came to the world to seek and save the lost. When accused
by the Pharisees of eating with publicans and sinners, He replied,
“I am not come to call the [professedly] righteous, but sinners to
repentance.” He came to save, not to destroy. Souls are very precious
in His sight; for by creation and by redemption they are His. Do not
you realize that He holds you responsible for the salvation of those
with whom you are dealing? Do you realize that He will require at
your hands the souls you have not tried to save? Have you sought to
outwit the enemy, who is constantly trying to lead the youth to think
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that the course of unbelievers is more nearly correct than the course
of those who claim to believe the truth?
Unless managers cherish the love of God, young men and young
women might better not be brought within the sphere of their influ-
ence....
The Heavenly Record
Remember that day by day the great Master Artist is taking a
picture of your character. Your thoughts, your words, your actions,
are transferred to His record book, as the features of the human
countenance are transferred to the polished plate of the artist.