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be baptized with the baptism, and they will share in the glory of the
Redeemer.—
Selected Messages 2:195
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You must retain the confidence of the people. Unless you carry
the people with you, your work will be a failure. Brethren, workmen,
from the highest to the lowest, you should maintain in the office the
spirit manifested by Christ in coming to our world.—
Letter 5, 1892
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Proper Compensation for Work of Women—If a woman is ap-
pointed by the Lord to do a certain work, her work should be estimated
according to its value. Some may think it good policy to allow per-
sons to devote their time and labor to the work without compensation.
But God does not sanction such arrangements. When self-denial is
required because of a dearth of means, the burden is not to rest wholly
upon a few persons. Let all unite in the sacrifice.
The Lord desires those entrusted with His goods to show kindness
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and liberality, not niggardliness. Let them not, in their deal, try to
exact every cent possible. God looks with contempt on such methods.
Workers should receive compensation according to the hours they
give in honest labor. The one who gives full time is to receive according
to the time. If one enlists mind, soul, and strength in bearing the
burdens, he is to be paid accordingly.—
Testimonies for the Church
7:207, 208
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Sad Results of Paying High Wages—I have been shown that
the movement made to pay so large wages [
For several decades the
management of the Review publishing office was under the control
of men who managed to secure for themselves very high wages as
compared with other publishing workers. This selfish, grasping spirit
was manifest also in their attempt to bring the control of the Pacific
Press Publishing Association under their jurisdiction. This injustice
and thirst for power was such a denial of the spirit of Christ that it
called forth from Ellen White some of her most scathing rebukes.
] was
entirely contrary to the principles upon which the office of publication
was first established; and it has already resulted in keeping from the
cause of God in its various branches thousands of dollars. Many who
pay tithes and make offerings do so by practicing self-denial, and when
they know that the managers of the office receive so large wages for
their work, they have little confidence in them as men whom God has
chosen, since they are not imbued with the self-sacrificing spirit of