When the publishing work at Nashville was started, it was the avowed purpose of the workers to keep out of debt; but in their desperate effort to make brick without straw, our brethren were led to depart from this purpose, and, as the result, the work has become involved in difficulty. But God’s workmen at Nashville are not, because of this, to become discouraged. The work must not cease. Let all now seek most earnestly to avoid the mistakes of the past. Let them guard themselves as with a fence of barbed wire against the inclination to go into debt. Let them say firmly: “Henceforth we will advance no faster than the Lord shall indicate and the means in hand shall allow, even though the good work has to wait for a while. In beginning in new places, we will labor in narrow quarters, rather than involve the Lord’s cause in debt.” {7T 235.5}

Da forlagsarbejdet i Nashville blev startet, var det medarbejdernes erklærede mål at være gældfri; men i deres desperate anstrengelser for at arbejde uden der kom hjælpemidler, blev vore brødre ledt til at frafalde dette mål og som følge deraf, er arbejdet blevet involveret i vanskeligheder. Men Guds arbejdsfolk i Nashville har ikke tabt modet på grund af dette. Arbejdet må ikke stoppe. Lad alle nu alvorligst forsøge at undgå fortidens fejltagelser. Lad dem vogte (236) sig selv som om de var omgærdet med pigtrådsspærring imod gældspådragelse. Lad dem sige sikkert: "Fra nu af vil vi ikke gå hurtigere frem end Herren anviser og midlerne tillader også selvom det gode arbejde skal vente en stund. I begyndelsen, vil vi på nye steder hellere arbejde på trange steder end at påtage os gæld."