需要不受薪的工人
工作的担子已经主要落在那些受薪的工人身上。然而情况不应该这样。伟大的传道园地是向所有的人开放的，我们各教会的平信徒必须明白，没有一个人可以不在主的葡萄园里作工。……(《评论与通讯》 1914年10月22日){PH005 27.1}
跟从我
当基督呼召门徒来跟从祂的时候，祂并没有应许他们在今生有什么可以夸耀的前途。祂也没有承诺他们什么利益或属世的荣誉。他们也没有提出有关酬金的任何条件。马太坐在税关上的时候，救主对他说：“你跟从我来。他就起来，跟从了耶稣”(太9:9)。马太在参加服务之前，也没有要求和他以前的职业相同的薪水。他毫不迟疑地跟从了耶稣。他以为只要能与救主同来同往，能听祂的教训，能与祂共同作工，这就够他的酬报了。{PH005 27.2}
耶稣以前所召的门徒都是如此。当耶稣吩咐彼得和他的同伴跟从祂的时候，他们立刻舍了船，撇下网，跟从了祂。这些门徒中，有的还有亲友依靠他们供给。但当他们接受救主的邀请时，却毫不迟疑，也没有问：“我将如何生活呢?怎样维持我的家庭呢?”他们顺从了主的呼召。后来耶稣问他们：“我差你们出去的时候，没有钱囊，没有口袋，没有鞋，你们缺少什么没有?”他们能回答说：“没有”(路22:35)。{PH005 27.3}
救主今日呼召我们参加祂的工作，正如从前呼召马太、约翰和彼得一样。我们的心如果被祂的爱所感动，酬劳的问题在我们心里就不算最重要的了。我们必乐意与基督同工，并坦然无惧地信靠祂的照顾。我们若以上帝为我们的能力，就能看清自己的本分，并怀有无私的愿望。我们的生活必受崇高的宗旨所激励，使我们胜过一切卑鄙的动机。{PH005 27.4}
上帝会供应
许多自称跟从基督的人心里忧愁烦恼，因为他们不敢把自己交托在上帝手里。他们没有完全顺服于祂，因为害怕这种顺服的结果。他们若不这样顺服，就得不到平安。{PH005 28.1}
有许多人因为想达到世界的标准，就思虑烦扰，精神痛苦。他们拣选了属世的工作，接受了世俗的忧虑，染上了世俗的风气。于是他们的品格受了毁伤，人生成了烦恼。那种不间断的忧虑，简直把他们一生的精力消耗殆尽了。我们的主希望他们卸下这个奴役他们的轭，并请他们接受祂的轭。祂说：“我的轭是容易的，我的担子是轻省的”(太11:30)。忧虑是盲目的，不能看明未来的事，惟有耶稣能从起初看到末后。在每一个困难中，祂都有解救的办法。“祂未尝留下一样好处不给那些行动正直的人”(诗84:11)。{PH005 28.2}
我们的天父有成千种方法来帮助我们，是我们所不知道的。凡以上帝的工作和尊荣为首要的人，必能看见困难消散，脚前现出一条康庄大道。{PH005 28.3}
鼓励信心
忠心地尽今天的责任，是应付明天试炼的最好准备。不要把明天的挂虑和苦难收集起来，加在今天的担子上。“一天的难处一天当就够了”(太6:34)。{PH005 28.4}
我们要有希望和勇气。在侍奉上帝时失望是有罪而不合理的。祂知道我们的每一需要。我们守约的上帝是无所不能的万王之王，也是仁慈温和的牧人。祂的能力是绝对的，是必然成就祂对一切信靠祂之人应许的保证。祂有办法解决一切困难，使侍奉祂、尊重祂所用方法的人得到支持。祂的爱胜过一切的爱，就像天高过地一样。祂看顾自己的子民。祂的爱是无穷无限的。{PH005 28.5}
在最幽暗的日子，在外表上看来似乎是绝望的时候，要信靠上帝，祂正在实施祂的旨意，为祂的子民做好一切事情。爱祂侍奉祂的人，每天有新的力量。{PH005 29.1}
上帝能够并且愿意赐给祂仆人所需要的帮助。祂必赐给各自所需的智慧。{PH005 29.2}
久经考验的使徒保罗说：“祂对我说：‘我的恩典够你用的;因为我的能力是在人的软弱上显得完全。’所以，我更喜欢夸自己的软弱，好叫基督的能力覆庇我;我为基督的缘故，就以软弱、凌辱、急难、逼迫、困苦为可喜乐的，因我什么时候软弱，什么时候就刚强了”(林后12:9,10)。(《服务真诠》479-482页){PH005 29.3}
无私工作
整个教会需要充满布道的精神。这样，就会有许多人不计工价、千方百计无私地作工。我们太过依赖机构，依赖机构的运作了。机构若适得其所，本来是好的，但不要弄得太复杂。我告诉你们，在很多情形下，机构反而阻碍了工作，排斥了工作的人。他们本可在自己的领域里比多依靠讲道而少进行服务的传道人成就更多的工作。{PH005 29.4}
青年需要感染布道的精神，被信息的精神完全充满。“总要披戴主耶稣基督，不要为肉体安排，去放纵私欲”(罗13:14)。要全力以赴，在上帝带领你的地方工作，做最适合你的才干、最适合接触迄今一直被不幸忽略之阶层的工作。这种努力会开发智力、道德力和工作的能力。……{PH005 29.5}
基督徒要在他们的工作中，在圣工的各方面，显出基督自我牺牲的精神来。……他们不会、也不能在身边有人受苦时，仍度奢侈与自我放纵的生活。……{PH005 29.6}
但愿凡信奉基督之名的人在祂的圣工中不胆怯。要为基督的缘故站立，如同在上帝圣城的入口处往里观看一般。(《论南方工作》16-18页){PH005 30.1}
保罗的经验和教训
保罗虽然小心翼翼地将圣经中有关正当维持上帝圣工的清楚教训摆在悔改信主的人面前，他虽然声称作为一个传福音的执事“有权柄不作工”(林前9:6)，有权不以世俗的业务为自养的方法，但在他传道的时期，他却多次在各文化中心都市从事手艺来供给自己的需用。(《使徒言行录》346页){PH005 30.2}
当时有人认为保罗辛勤从事手艺是与福音执事的工作不相称的。保罗既是一个最高级的福音执事，他为什么这样把手艺与传道结合起来呢?难道工人不该得工价吗?他为什么把那可以用在更好事业上的光阴耗费在制造帐棚的事上呢?{PH005 30.3}
勤劳的榜样
但保罗并不认为制造帐棚乃是耗费光阴。当他与亚居拉一同作工的时候，他经常与那大位教师保持联络，并没有失去任何为救主作见证和帮助那些需要之人的机会。他总是在追求属灵的知识。他在属灵的事上教导他的同工，并留下勤劳和周密的榜样。他是一个敏捷熟练的工人，殷勤作工，“心里火势，常常服事主”(罗12:11)。当保罗从事他的职业时，他就能接触到一班用其他方法所接触不到的人。他向他的同伴显明，普通手艺的技能乃是上帝的恩赐。祂赐人这种恩赐，又赐与人善用这恩赐的智慧。保罗教训他们：即使在日常的劳作上，他们也应当荣耀上帝。他那因辛苦劳作而结了硬茧的双手，并没有使这个作为基督执事的保罗所发出动人的恳劝，失去一点力量。(《使徒言行录》352页){PH005 30.4}
那些感觉自己蒙召传道的人，不应该都受鼓励把供给他们自己和家庭的经济责任一下子都放在教会身上。……那些愿意在传道工作上运用自己才干的青年人，必能从保罗在帖撒罗尼迦，哥林多，以弗所以及其他各处所留下的榜样中获得有益的教训。保罗虽然是一个大有口才的演讲家，并得蒙上帝拣选作特别的工作，他却从来没有以从事体力劳动为耻。他为他所热爱的圣工而牺牲，也从来不感到灰心。 (《使徒言行录》354页){PH005 30.5}
鼓舞谦卑的劳动者
保罗留下一个榜样，反驳了当时在教会中渐渐得势的看法，就是认为惟有那些完全摆脱体力劳动的人，才能从事传福音的工作。他用实际的行动说明献身的信徒在许多还没有听到福音真理的地方可以有何等的成就。他的榜样鼓舞了许多谦卑的劳动者，使他们愿意尽其所能去推进上帝的圣工，而同时依然每日辛劳来维持自己的生活。亚居拉和百基拉并没有蒙召奉献全部的光阴参加福音的工作;但上帝却用这两个谦卑的工人将真理的道更完全地指示亚波罗。上帝使用各样不同的器皿来成全祂的旨意;固然有一些具有特别才能的人蒙召奉献全部精力从事宣传并教导福音的工作，但也有许多没有受过按手礼而分别为圣的人蒙召在救灵的事工上担任重要的职务。{PH005 31.1}
在自养传道的工人面前，展开一片广大的工作园地。许多人可以一面传福音，一面从事手艺，因而获得宝贵的经验。这种方法可以培养一些强有力的工人在有需要的地区担任重要的工作。(《使徒言行录》355页){PH005 31.2}
帮助同工
保罗有时昼夜作工，不单为要供给自己，而也是为要帮助他的同工。路加曾用过他所赚来的钱。提摩太也曾得到他的帮助。有时为要应付别人的需要起见，他自己还要挨饿呢。(《使徒言行录》352页){PH005 31.3}
他说：“我这两只手，常供给我和同人的需用。”在他刻苦的工作和为基督的圣工跋涉长途之时，他不但能供给自己的需要，还能节约一些钱来供给他的同工并救济穷乏的人。他若要作到这一点，是非有不停的勤劳和精密的节俭不为功的。无怪他能指着自己的榜样说：“我凡事给你们作榜样，叫你们知道，应当这样劳苦，扶助软弱的人，又当纪念主耶稣的话说：施比受更为有福。”(《使徒言行录》395、396页){PH005 31.4}
成功的条件
当那些作为传道士出去的人更加渴望救灵而不是关心要得到的工资时，主就很高兴了。当基督的证人们在圣灵的指导下作工时，当他们摆脱了一切自私时，人们就会因他们认真、耐心、恒切的努力而悔改归主。{PH005 32.1}
在贫困和无助中
因此有了两个或两个以上的人，就当着手布道工作。他们或者得不到那些在工作上为首之人的任何特殊鼓励，应许给予经济上的援助;但他们仍应勇往直前地去祈求，歌唱，宣讲，而且在生活中表现真理。他们或者可担任文字布道的重要工作，借此将真理介绍给许多的人家。他们一面推进工作，同时也必得到蒙福的经验。他们虽因无能为力而自觉卑微，但主却明显地行在他们的前面。{PH005 32.2}
他们在无论贫富之人当中都得到爱护和帮助。他们和他们的工作对象关系密切，一个传授圣道的珍宝，另一个传授现世的食物，两者都蒙福。甚至工人的贫穷也是接近百姓的一种手段。当这些谦卑的宣教士路过时，他们以多种方式得到了那些从他们得到属灵食物之人的帮助。许多孤立的人得知了真理，要没有这些谦卑的教师，就决不能争取他们归于基督。{PH005 32.3}
库存枯竭不是耽搁的理由
自养的传道士往往是很有成效的。虽然开始微小简陋，但他们既在上帝之灵的引导之下，工作就扩大起来。{PH005 33.1}
凡将真理接到心里的人都能做这项工作。天意为工人前往偏远地区开辟了道路，他们若是传达上帝赐给他们的信息，他们的努力就必取得成功。{PH005 33.2}
上帝呼召工人进入那庄稼就要熟透的田地去。难道我们竟为了库存空虚，为了那目前在田地中的职工还难以维持，便裹足不前吗?凭着信心前进吧，上帝必与你们同在。“那带种流泪出去的，必要欢欢乐乐地带禾捆回来”(诗126:6)。一事成则万事成。当藉着继续的努力以求成功，则工作自必前进，新的园地必开辟。许多的生灵也必被引领认识真理。所需要的只是对上帝有更大的信心。(《文稿》1901年54号){PH005 33.3}
富人的帮助
多年来，我们面临的一个困难是：如何筹集足够的款项来支持上帝已摆在我们前面需开创的许多教会?……上帝希望有钱的人悔改过来作祂的助手，再去感化别人。祂希望凡能帮助宗教改革和复兴的人都会看见真理的宝贵亮光，都会在品格上起变化，把上帝所交付他们的钱财用在祂的圣工上。祂要他们将祂所借给他们的财产用来行善，来为福音开门路，使远近各地的人都能听见。……{PH005 33.4}
仁慈的救赎主吩咐祂的仆人去把穷人和富人都请来坐席。你们要到大街小巷中去，以持久不懈的努力，勉强他们进来。传福音的人应当拉住世上富人的手，带他们来赴基督为他们预备的真理筵席。(《教会证言》卷九114、115页){PH005 33.5}
穷人尽责时
若是付出正确的努力，有些富人就会接受最后的信息。主已使人成为祂的管家，已把钱财托付给他们，好推展祂的工作。当穷人已经竭尽所能推进圣工的时候，主就会把富人带进来，好继续开展工作。(《传道良助》1892年版298页){PH005 34.1}
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当积极活跃的工人用个人之工表扬真理，以虔诚和真圣洁的荣美为特征的时候，真理就传播开来。(《评论与通讯》1914年10月22日){PH005 34.2}
《Chapter 5—An Unsalaried Ministr》
【Unsalaried Workers Needed】
The burden of the work has been left largely with those who are laboring under salary. But this is not as it should be. The great missionary field is open to all, and the lay members of our churches must understand that no one is exempted from labor in the Master’s vineyard....The Review and Herald, October 22, 1914.?{PH005 27.1}[89]
【Follow Me】
When Christ called His disciples to follow Him, He offered them no flattering prospects in this life. He gave them no promise of gain or worldly honor, nor did they make any stipulation as to what they should receive. To Matthew as he sat at the receipt of custom, the Saviour said, “‘Follow Me.’ And he left all, rose up, and followed Him.” Matthew did not, before rendering service, wait to demand a certain salary, equal to the amount received in his former occupation. Without question or hesitation he followed Jesus. It was enough for him that he was to be with the Saviour, that he might hear His words and unite with Him in His work.?{PH005 27.2}[90]
So it was with the disciples previously called. When Jesus bade Peter and his companions follow Him, immediately they left their boats and nets. Some of these disciples had friends dependent on them for support; but when they received the Saviour’s invitation, they did not hesitate, and inquire. “How shall I live, and sustain my family?” They were obedient to the call; and when afterward Jesus asked them, “When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye anything?” they could answer, “Nothing.”?{PH005 27.3}[91]
Today the Saviour calls us, as He called Matthew and John and Peter, to His work. If our hearts are touched by His love, the question of compensation will not be uppermost in our minds. We shall rejoice to be co-workers with Christ, and we shall not fear to trust His care. If we make God our strength, we shall have clear perceptions of duty,?unselfish aspirations; our life will be actuated by a noble purpose, which will raise us above sordid motives.?{PH005 27.4}[92]
【God Will Provide】
Many who profess to be Christ’s followers have an anxious, troubled heart, because they are afraid to trust themselves with God. They do not make a complete surrender to Him, for they shrink from the consequences that such a surrender may involve. Unless they do make this surrender, they can not find peace.?{PH005 28.1}[93]
There are many whose hearts are aching under a load of care because they seek to reach the world’s standard. They have chosen its service, accepted its perplexities, adopted its customs. Thus their character is marred, and their life made a weariness. The continual worry is wearing out the life forces. Our Lord desires them to lay aside this yoke of bondage. He invites them to accept His yoke; He says, “My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.” Worry is blind, and can not discern the future; but Jesus sees the end from the beginning. In every difficulty He has His way prepared to bring relief. “No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.”?{PH005 28.2}[94] Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for us of which we know nothing. Those who accept the one principle of making the service of God supreme, will find perplexities vanish, and a plain path before their feet.?{PH005 28.3}[95]
【Encouraging Faith】
The faithful discharge of today’s duties is the best preparation for tomorrow’s trials. Do not gather together all tomorrow’s liabilities and cares and add them to the burden of today. “Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”?{PH005 28.4}[96]
Let us be hopeful and courageous. Despondency in God’s service is sinful and unreasonable. He knows our every necessity. To the omnipotence of the King of kings our covenant-keeping God unites the gentleness and care of the tender shepherd. His power is absolute, and it is the pledge of the sure fulfilment of His promises to all who trust in Him. He has means for the removal of every difficulty, that those who serve Him and respect the means He employs may be sustained. His love is as far above all other love as?the heavens are above the earth. He watches over children with a love that is measureless and everlasting.?{PH005 28.5}[97]
In the darkest days, when appearances seem most forbidding, have faith in God. He is working out His will doing all things well in behalf of His people. The strength of those who love and serve Him will be renewed day by day.?{PH005 29.1}[98]
He is able and willing to bestow upon His servants all the help they need. He will give them the wisdom which their varied necessities demand.?{PH005 29.2}[99]
Said the tried apostle Paul: “He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.”?The Ministry of Healing, 479-482.?{PH005 29.3}[100]
【Work Unselfishly】
The whole church needs to be imbued with the missionary spirit; then there will be many to work unselfishly in various ways as they can, without being salaried. There is altogether too much dependence on machinery, on mechanical working. Machinery is good in its place, but do not allow it to become too complicated. I tell you that in many cases it has retarded the work, and kept out laborers who in their line could have accomplished far more than has been done by the minister who depends on sermonizing more than on ministry.?{PH005 29.4}[101]
Young men need to catch the missionary spirit, to be thoroughly imbued with the spirit of the message. “Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof.” Work in any capacity, work where God leads you, in the line best suited to your talents, and best adapted to reach classes that have hitherto been sadly neglected. This kind of labor will develop intellectual and moral power, and adaptability to the work....?{PH005 29.5}[102] Christians will manifest the self-sacrificing spirit of Christ in their work, in connection with every branch of the cause.... They will not, can not, live in luxury and self-indulgence, while there are suffering ones around them....?{PH005 29.6}[103]
Let none of those who name the name of Christ be cowards in His cause. For Christ’s sake stand as if looking within the open portals of the city of God.The Southern Review, 16-18.?{PH005 30.1}[104]
【The Experience of Paul and Its Lessons】
While Paul was careful to set before his converts the plain teaching of Scripture regarding the proper support of the work of God, and while he claimed for himself, as a minister of the gospel, the power to forbear working” at secular employment as a means of self-support, yet at various times during his ministry in the great centers of civilization, he wrought at a handicraft for his own maintenance.The Acts of the Apostles, 346.?{PH005 30.2}[105]
There were some who objected to Paul’s toiling with his hands, declaring that it was inconsistent with the work of a gospel minister. Why should Paul, a minister of the highest rank, thus connect mechanical work with the preaching of the Word? Was not the laborer worthy of his hire? Why should he spend in making tents time that to all appearance could be put to better account??{PH005 30.3}[106]
【An Example of Industry】
But Paul did not regard as lost the time thus spent. As he worked with Aquila he kept in touch with the great Teacher, losing no opportunity of witnessing for the Saviour and of helping those who needed help. His mind was ever reaching out for spiritual knowledge. He gave his fellow-workers instruction in spiritual things, and he also set an example of industry and thoroughness. He was a quick, skillful worker, diligent in business, “fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.” As he worked at his trade, the apostle had access to a class of people that he could not otherwise have reached. He showed his associates that skill in the common arts is a gift from God, who provides both the gift, and the wisdom to use it aright. He taught that even in everyday toil, God is to be honored. His toil-hardened hands detracted nothing from the force of his pathetic appeals as a Christian minister.?The Acts of the Apostles, 351, 352.?{PH005 30.4}[107]
Not all who feel that they have been called to preach should be encouraged to throw themselves and their families at once upon the church for continuous financial support.?... Young men who desire to exercise their gifts in the work of the ministry, will find a helpful lesson in the example of Paul at Thessalonica, Corinth, Ephesus, and other places. Although an eloquent speaker, and chosen by God to do a special work, he was never above labor, nor did he ever weary of sacrificing for the cause he loved.The Acts of the Apostles, 354.{PH005 30.5}[108]
【An Inspiration to Humble Toilers】
Paul set an example against the sentiment, then gaining influence in the church, that the gospel could be proclaimed successfully only by those who were wholly freed from the necessity of physical toil. He illustrated in a practical way what might be done by consecrated laymen in many places where the people were unacquainted with the truths of the gospel. His course inspired many humble toilers with a desire to do what they could to advance the cause of God, while at the same time they supported themselves in daily labor. Aquila and Priscilla were not called to give their whole time to the ministry of the gospel; yet these humble laborers were used by God to show Apollos the way of truth more perfectly. The Lord employs various instrumentalities for the accomplishment of His purpose; and while some with special talents are chosen to devote all their energies to the work of teaching and preaching the gospel, many others, upon whom human hands have never been laid in ordination, are called to act an important part in soul-saving.?{PH005 31.1}[109]
There is a large field open before the self-supporting gospel worker. Many may gain valuable experience in ministry while toiling a portion of the time at some form of manual labor; and by this method strong workers may be developed for important service in needy fields.The Acts of the Apostles, 355.?{PH005 31.2}[110]
【Assisting His Fellow-Laborers】
Paul sometimes worked night and day, not only for his own support, but that he might assist his fellow-laborers. He shared his earnings with Luke, and helped Timothy. He even suffered hunger at times, that he might relieve the necessities of others.The Acts of the Apostles, 352.?{PH005 31.3}[111] “These hands,” he declared, “have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.” Amidst his arduous labors and extensive journeys for the cause of Christ,?he was able, not only to supply his own wants, but to spare something for the support of his fellow-laborers and the relief of the worthy poor. This he accomplished only by unremitting diligence and the closest economy. Well might he point to his own example, as he said, “I have showed you all things, how that so laboring ye ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”The Acts of the Apostles, 395, 396.?{PH005 31.4}[112]
【Conditions of Success】
The Lord is well pleased when those who go forth as missionaries, are more anxious for the salvation of souls than they are regarding the wages they shall receive for their work. When Christ’s witnesses work under the Holy Spirit’s guidance, when they are stripped of all selfishness, souls are converted by their earnest, patient, persevering efforts.?{PH005 32.1}[113]
【In Poverty and Helplessness】
Let two or more persons start out together in evangelistic work. They may not get any particular encouragement from those at the head of the work that they will be sustained but nevertheless, let them go forward, praying, singing, teaching, living the truth. They may take up the important work of canvassing, and in this way introduce the truth into many families. As they move forward in their work, they gain a blessed experience. They are humbled by a sense of their poverty and helplessness, but the Lord manifestly goes before them.?{PH005 32.2}[114]
Among the wealthy and the poor they find favor and help. They come close in friendship to those for whom they work, the one imparting the treasures of the Word, the other imparting temporal sustenance, and both are blessed. Even the poverty of the workers is a means of finding access to the people. As these humble missionaries pass on their way they are helped in many ways by those to whom they bring spiritual food. Many isolated ones are brought to a knowledge of the truth, who, but for these humble teachers, would never have been won to Christ.?{PH005 32.3}[115]
【An Exhausted Treasury No Reason for Delay】
Self-supporting missionaries are often very successful. Beginning in a small and humble way, their work enlarges under the guidance of the Spirit of God.?{PH005 33.1}[116]
This work all can do who have received the truth into the heart. Providence opens the way for workers to go to isolated places, and if they bear the message God gives them, their efforts will be crowned with success.?{PH005 33.2}[117]
God calls for men to enter the whitening harvest field. Shall His workmen wait because the treasury is exhausted, because there is scarcely enough to sustain the workers now in the field? Go forth in faith, and God will be with you. “He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.”?Psalm 126:6. Nothing is so successful as success. Let this be secured, and the work will move forward. New fields will be opened. Many souls will be won to the truth. What is needed is increased faith in God.—Manuscript 54, 1901.?{PH005 33.3}[118]
【Moneyed Men to Help】
For years the perplexing question has been before us. How can we raise funds adequate for the support of the missions which the Lord has gone before us to open?... The Lord desires that moneyed men shall be converted, and act as His helping hand in reaching others. He desires that those who can help in the work of reform and restoration shall see the precious light of truth and be transformed in character, and led to use their entrusted capital in His service. He would have them invest the means He has lent them, in doing good, in opening the way for the gospel to be preached to all classes nigh and afar off....?{PH005 33.4}[119]
The compassionate Redeemer bids His servants give to rich and poor the call to the supper. Go out into the highways and the hedges, and by your persevering, determined efforts, compel them to come in. Let ministers of the gospel take hold of these worldly moneyed men, and bring them to the banquet of truth that Christ has prepared for them.?Testimonies for the Church 9:114, 115.?{PH005 33.5}[120]
【When the Poor Have Done Their Part】
There are men of wealth who will accept the last message, if the right kind of labor is put forth. The Lord has made men his stewards, and has entrusted to them the means to carry forward his work. When the poor have done all they can to advance the cause, the Lord will bring in men of means to carry on the work. G. W. 298, old edition.?{PH005 34.1}[121]
The truth spreads when living, active workers commend it by personal effort, characterized by piety and the beauty of true holiness.The Review and Herald, October 22, 1914.?{PH005 34.2}[122]
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