Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

proclamation of the gospel is not to be limited to
one city or one state. "Go ye therefore, and teach
all nations."
God is in earnest with his people. He calls upon
them to overcome the spirit of covetousness. We
must be careful not to tie up the Lord's means by
establishing institutions larger than is consistent
with the plan of God. It is his purpose that facilities
should be provided for the advancement of his
work in all parts of the world. Large sums of
money are not to be invested in one or two places.
The erection of many buildings in one place
reveals a selfish outlay of means. Thus the money
brought into the treasury by the liberality of God's
people is absorbed in one place by those having
charge of the work in that place. When men are
freed from selfishness, they will not make such
earnest efforts to grasp all that they possibly can
for the place in which they are most interested.
They will be willing to sacrifice their ambitions in
order that other places may receive a share of the
means available for the advancement of God's
work.
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