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Owe No Man Anything

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 30, 1871

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 37, No. 24.

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Owe No Man Anything.

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Among the many excellent things stated by Paul to the Romans, the apostle says: “Owe no man anything, but to love one another; for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.” Rom. 13: 8. The apostle continues: “For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill,” &c. Obedience to the injunction, Thou shalt “owe no man anything,” is fulfilling the great law of love to our neighbor, as well as obedience to the precept, Thou shalt not kill. So argues the apostle. Read carefully, and see.
Theft, murder, false witness against our neighbor, and indebtedness to our neighbor, are all the violation of the law of love to our neighbor. Obedience to the second great commandment, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself,” will lead men to refrain from theft, murder, and, also, from becoming slack in regard to the payment of debts. A man cannot be a Christian unless he loves his neighbor as himself. No man does this who can pay his debts, and neglects to pay them.
Delinquents, please read Rom. 13 with care, and then take the advice of another apostle who says: “Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” James 1: 22. There is due the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association in small sums the amount of eight thousand dollars for periodicals and publications. This appears very unlovely. This should not be. This is a violation of the great law of love which is the basis of the second table of the covenant.
This is sin. And we desire to remove from our patrons the temptation to this sin by adopting as soon as possible the advance pay system on all our periodicals, and the rule to pay down for our publications. Our terms for our publications are one-third discount for cash in hand. To those who plead a want of ready cash, we offer to give from the book fund their first order, providing it is not too large, and then they will have ready cash for all subsequent orders. And we hope to see all delinquents at our camp-meetings with the cash, anxious to pay up, and for one year in advance.