Why do not our brethren send in their pledges on the book and tract fund more liberally? And why do not our ministers take hold of this work in earnest? Our people should see that these works are just what is needed to help those who need help. Here is a chance to invest means according to the blessed plan of liberality. We can sometimes read men nearly as plainly as we read books. There are those among us who put from one hundred to one thousand dollars or more into the Health Institute, who have pledged only from five to twenty-five dollars in the great enterprise of publishing books, pamphlets, and tracts, setting forth truths which have to do with eternal life. One was supposed to be a paying investment. The other, as we might judge from the littleness of the pledges, is supposed to be a dead loss. {1T 689.1}

Hvorfor sender vore brødre ikke deres pant på bøger og traktater mere godvillig ind? Og hvorfor tager vore prædikanter ikke dette arbejde mere alvorligt? Vort folk burde se at dette arbejde er lige hvad vi behøver for at hjælpe dem, som behøver hjælp. Her er en chance for at investere midler i overensstemmelse med den velsignede godgørenhedsplan. Nogle gange kan vi læse mennesker næsten ligeså tydeligt som vi læser bøger. Der er dem blandt os som lægger fra ethundrede til et tusinde dollars eller mere i sundhedsinstitutionen, som kun har lagt fra fem til femogtyve dollars i den store virksomhed der udgiver bøger, pjecer, traktater og bringer de sandheder frem, som har med evigt liv at gøre. Det ene regner man med at være en investering med afkast, det andet, som vi må bedømme ud fra investeringens lille størrelse, regner man med at være tab.