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food, the finger of God has traced, “Is it not to deal thy bread to the
hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house?”
Let all, old and young, consider that it is not a light matter to be the
Lord’s steward and to be charged in the books of heaven with using
in a selfish manner. The needy, the oppressed, are left in want, while
the Lord’s money is selfishly squandered in extravagance and luxury.
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O that all will remember that God is no respecter of persons! It is a
great thing to be a steward, faithful and true, before a just impartial
God, who will not excuse in any of His stewards any unfairness or any
robbery toward Him.—
Manuscript 11, 1892
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AWonderful Reformation Promised—When the grace of Christ
is expressed in the words and works of the believers, light will shine
forth to those who are in darkness; for while the lips are speaking to
the praise of God, the hand will be stretched out in beneficence for the
help of the perishing. We read that on the day of Pentecost, when the
Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples, no man said that aught that
he possessed was his own. All they owned was held for the advance
of the wonderful reformation. And thousands were converted in a day.
When the same spirit actuates believers today, and they give back to
God of His own with the same liberality, a wide and far-reaching work
will be accomplished.—
Manuscript 95, 1907
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