Receiving Gifts . [Special Testimonies, Series A 3:32-35 (1895).]January 30, 1895.You inquire with respect to the propriety of receiving gifts from Gentiles or the heathen. [See appendix.] The question is not strange; but I would ask you, Who is it that owns our world? Who are the real owners of houses and lands? Is it not God? He has an abundance in our world which He has placed in the hands of men, by which the hungry might be supplied with food, the naked with clothing, the homeless with homes. The Lord would move upon worldly men, even idolaters, to give of their abundance for the support of the work, if we would approach them wisely, and give them an opportunity of doing those things which it is their privilege to do. What they would give we should be privileged to receive. {TM 197.1}

30.januar, 1895
Du spørger med hensyn til berettigelsen af de modtagede gaver fra hedningerne.* Spørgsmålet er ikke ukendt; men jeg vil spørge dig, Hvem er det som ejer vor verden? Hvem er den faktiske ejer af bygninger og lande? Han har en overflod i vor verden som han lægger i menneskers hænder, hvorved sulten kan blive stillet med mad, den nøgne med klæder, de hjemløse med hjem. Herren ville røre ved verdslige mennesker, selv afgudsdyrkere, for at give af deres overflod til støtte for arbejdet, hvis vi ville gribe dem klogt an, og give dem en lejlighed til at gøre de ting som er deres privilegium at gøre. Hvad de kunne give skulle vi være privilegeret til at modtage.