Seite 8 - Welfare Ministry (1952)

iv Welfare Ministry
Gem Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Chapter 20—Ministry to the Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Chapter 21—The Poor in the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Chapter 22—The Poor of the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Chapter 23—Helping the Poor to Help Themselves . . . . . . . . . 139
Chapter 24—Poor to Exercise Benevolence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Section 8—The Unfortunate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Gem Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Chapter 25—Our Duty to the Unfortunate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Chapter 26—Help and Encouragement for Widows . . . . . . . . . 154
Chapter 27—The Care of Orphans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Chapter 28—Adopting Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Chapter 29—The Care of the Aged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Chapter 30—Our Responsibility to the Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Section 9—The Outcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Gem Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Chapter 31—Working for Outcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Chapter 32—Cautions Sounded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Chapter 33—The Call for a Balanced Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Section 10—Financial Resources for Welfare Work . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Gem Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Chapter 34—Our Individual Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Chapter 35—Releasing the Streams of Benevolence . . . . . . . . 196
Chapter 36—Specific Funds for Welfare Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Chapter 37—The Wealth of the Gentiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Chapter 38—Food Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Chapter 39—Forbidden Money-Raising Methods . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Section 11—The Fruitage of Welfare Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Gem Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Chapter 40—The Influence of Neighborhood Ministry . . . . . . 216
Chapter 41—Reflex Blessings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Chapter 42—The Present and Eternal Rewards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Personal Experiences of Ellen G. White as a Welfare Worker233
Ellen G. White in Practical Dorcas Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Welfare Ministry Through the Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Pioneering in Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Mrs. White Retained Broad Sympathies Throughout Life . . 248