Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

labor to the work without compensation. But God
does not sanction such arrangements. When selfdenial
is required because of a dearth of means, the
burden is not to rest wholly upon a few persons.
Let all unite in the sacrifice.
The Lord desires those entrusted with His
goods to show kindness and liberality, not
niggardliness. Let them not, in their deal, try to
exact every cent possible. God looks with contempt
on such methods....
The Lord wants men who see the work in its
greatness, and who understand the principles that
have been interwoven with it from its rise. He will
not have a worldly order of things come in to
fashion the work in altogether different lines from
those He has marked out of His people. The work
must bear the character of its Originator.
In the sacrifice of Christ for fallen men, mercy
and truth have met together, righteousness and
peace have kissed each other. When these
attributes are separated from the most wonderful
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