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Testimonies for the Church, Volume 9 - Ellen G. White

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ministers seed to <strong>the</strong> sower gives His worker that<br />

which enables him to co-operate with <strong>the</strong> Giver of<br />

<strong>the</strong> seed.<br />

The Lord now calls upon Seventh-day<br />

Adventists in every locality to consecrate<br />

<strong>the</strong>mselves to Him and to do <strong>the</strong>ir very best,<br />

according to <strong>the</strong>ir circumstances, to assist in His<br />

work. By <strong>the</strong>ir liberality in making gifts and<br />

offerings, He desires <strong>the</strong>m to reveal <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

appreciation of His blessings and <strong>the</strong>ir gratitude <strong>for</strong><br />

His mercy.<br />

My dear brethren and sisters, all <strong>the</strong> money we<br />

have is <strong>the</strong> Lord's. I now appeal to you in <strong>the</strong> name<br />

of <strong>the</strong> Lord to unite in carrying to successful<br />

completion <strong>the</strong> enterprises that have been<br />

undertaken in <strong>the</strong> counsels of God. Let not <strong>the</strong><br />

work of establishing memorials <strong>for</strong> God in many<br />

places be made difficult and burdensome because<br />

<strong>the</strong> necessary means is withheld. Let not those who<br />

are struggling to build up important enterprises,<br />

great and small, become disheartened because we<br />

are slow to unite in placing <strong>the</strong>se enterprises in a<br />

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