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opposing their resistance to the instructions that have been given; and
their unbelief has strengthened with the spirit of opposition to the
movement. The Lord’s message was, “Out of the cities; break up the
continual temptation to engage in commercial business, which has
been such a great injury to the work.” A failure to heed the messages
given, and repeated for years, has been a decided injury to the souls of
many.—
Manuscript 57, 1906
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Commercialism to Be Purged From Every Office—All heaven
is interested in the work in which we are engaged. We must do a solid,
not a superficial, work. I am grieved when I see our printing offices
doing so much commercial work, virtually saying to the world, “Bring
your work to us; we will do it for you.” We have more work for the
Lord than we can possibly perform. There is much to be done that we
will overlook unless we are baptized with the Holy Spirit. We desire
that commercialism shall be purged from every office.—
Manuscript
73, 1906
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Our Publishing Houses Governed by Distinct Principles—If
the Echo office was to mean no more to our people than a secular
publishing house, if it was to be conducted on the same principles as
were other business institutions, then it was not wise to invest so much
means in establishing the office. It would have been less expense to
hire our printing done by outside parties.—
Letter 23a, 1893
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