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Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

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us have grown, as fast as it can safely and not cripple o<strong>the</strong>r branches of <strong>the</strong> great workwhich are of equal or greater importance at this time. For a bro<strong>the</strong>r to put a large shareof his property, whe<strong>the</strong>r he has much or little into <strong>the</strong> Institute, so as to be unable to doas much in o<strong>the</strong>r directions as he o<strong>the</strong>rwise should, would be wrong. And <strong>for</strong> him to donothing would be as great a wrong. With every stirring appeal to our people <strong>for</strong> meansto put into <strong>the</strong> Institute <strong>the</strong>re should have been a caution not to rob o<strong>the</strong>r branches of <strong>the</strong>work; especially should <strong>the</strong> liberal poor have been cautioned. Some feeble poor menwith families, without a home of <strong>the</strong>ir own, and too poor to go to <strong>the</strong> Institute to betreated, have put from one fifth to one third of all <strong>the</strong>y possess into <strong>the</strong> Institute. This iswrong. Some brethren and sisters have several shares when <strong>the</strong>y should not have one,and should <strong>for</strong> a short time attend <strong>the</strong> Institute, having <strong>the</strong>ir expenses paid, wholly orin part, from <strong>the</strong> charity fund. I do not see <strong>the</strong> wisdom of making great calculations <strong>for</strong><strong>the</strong> future and letting those suffer who need help now. Move no faster, brethren, than<strong>the</strong> unmistakable providence of God opens <strong>the</strong> way be<strong>for</strong>e you.The health re<strong>for</strong>m is a branch of <strong>the</strong> special work of God <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> benefit of Hispeople. I saw that in an institution established among us <strong>the</strong> greatest danger would beof its managers’ departing from <strong>the</strong> spirit of <strong>the</strong> present truth and from that simplicitywhich should ever characterize <strong>the</strong> disciples of Christ. A warning was given me againstlowering <strong>the</strong> standard of truth in any way in such an institution in order to help <strong>the</strong>feelings of unbelievers and thus secure <strong>the</strong>ir patronage. The great object of receivingunbelievers into <strong>the</strong> institution is to lead <strong>the</strong>m to embrace <strong>the</strong> truth. If <strong>the</strong> standard belowered, <strong>the</strong>y will get <strong>the</strong> impression that <strong>the</strong> truth is of little importance, and <strong>the</strong>y willgo away in a state of mind harder of access than be<strong>for</strong>e.But <strong>the</strong> greatest evil resulting from such a course would be560

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