WANTED by James White

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 30, 1869

WANTED.

By James White

The Publishing Association is paying interest at the rate of ten per cent on several thousands. Much of this is from brethren who do not need the interest on their money. But we do not feel like asking them to give the Association the use of all the money they have in it. What we wish in the case is, to be able to pay these a part, and they each give the use of from one to five hundred dollars. Then we would have others lend the Association from one to five hundred dollars each, without interest, so as to enable us to pay all hired money.

The Association is also in want of $10,000 to put into large editions of several new works of 400 pages each, and also several smaller ones which we design to revise and re-print.

Brethren are offering the Association money at seven and at ten per cent. They can do better. They can lend it to the Lord without requiring of him pay in this world, in hope of the highest interest at the resurrection of the just.

With the Scriptures before us, it is all that we can do, to justify the taking of usury under any circumstances. To require usury of the poor is cruel and sinful. But to require usury of the Lord for money employed in any department of his work connected with the last message, is abominable.

JAMES WHITE.