The people of God generally feel a united interest in the spread of the truth. They cheerfully contribute toward a liberal support for those who labor in word and doctrine. And I saw that it is the duty of those who have the responsibility of distributing means, to see that the liberalities of the church are not squandered. Some of these liberal brethren have been laboring for years with shattered nerves and broken-down constitutions, caused by excessive labor in the past to obtain possessions here, and now as they freely give a portion of the substance which has cost them so much, it is the duty of those who labor in word and doctrine to manifest a zeal and self-sacrifice at least equal to that shown by these brethren. {1T 369.2}

I almindelighed føler Guds folk en samstemmende interesse for at sprede sandheden. De bidrager gladelig til en fri fond for dem, som arbejder i ord og lære. Og jeg så at det var deres pligt, som havde ansvaret for dele midler ud, at se efter at menighedens gavmildhed ikke ødsles. Nogle af disse gavmilde brødre har arbejdet i årevis med knuste nerver og nedbrudt legeme, på grund af alt for megen arbejde, for at få ejendele frem og nu hvor de frit giver en del af det gods, som har kostet dem så meget, er det deres pligt, som arbejder i ord og lære at vise nidkærhed og selvopofrelse i det mindste, der svarer til hvad disse brødre har vist.