A Safe Bank by R. F. Cottrell

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 31, 1871

A Safe Bank.

By R. F. Cottrell

I would recommend to that brother or sister who has a little surplus means to lay aside against a “rainy day,” to put it where it will be safest and pay the best interest. That which is invested heartily in the cause of God will pay the highest interest, and is so much laid up in the bank of Heaven, where thieves do not break through and steal.

We have but a little time to do in the cause of God. The stock-books will be open but a little while longer. Our opportunities are fast passing, and the time that our money can be at interest is fast diminishing. Soon the dividend is to be made. Eternal benefits will be secured or lost. Hence, now is the time to do.

The increasing work of God calls for increasing means. Those who have confidence in the cause of the third angel's message as the work of God, will be ready to show their faith by their works.

The Health Institute is an important auxiliary in the work of God. It needs help. It is established as a benevolent institution. Who will take shares here? One share is twenty-five dollars. Here is a good chance to invest. God has spoken of the health reform and the Institute as part of his work; and his word will not

fall. Those who acknowledge the hand of the Lord in the work in which we have engaged, will not fear to venture on his word. This work is from Heaven or of men. If from Heaven, it is safe to embrace it fully. Prophecy demands this work. The signs of the times demand it now; and it is being done. It is from Heaven, and not of men. Who will have a share in the work? Now is the time.

R. F. Cottrell.