Volume 1 The Symbolic Code No. 7

In The Interest Of The S.D.A. Denomination

Heaven's Appeal

   The time has come when the following appeal can no longer go unheeded with impunity: {1SC7: 1.1}

   "Many fields ripe for the harvest have not yet been entered, because of our lack of self-sacrificing helpers. These fields must be entered, and many laborers should go to them with the expectation of bearing their own expenses. But some of our ministers are little disposed to take upon them the burden of this work, little disposed to labor with the whole-hearted benevolence that characterized the life of our Lord. 

   "God is grieved as He sees the lack of self-denial and perseverance in His servants. Angels are amazed at the spectacle. Let workers for Christ study His life of self-sacrifice. He is our example." -- "Testimonies for the Church," Vol. 7, p. 254. 

   Where in the denominational organization are the "many" self-supporting workers? And why are there almost none instead of "many"? 

   What could make it possible for the class which has no means, to go forth and "throw their whole energies into this all-important work," and at the same time bear "their own expenses"? Why the present lack of self-sacrificing workers, and who is responsible for the condition?