p. 131 | A. QUESTION ANSWERED.-

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 28, 1875

A. QUESTION ANSWERED.—

Rev. Mr. Murray, perhaps just in from a dashing drive on the Mill-dam road, asks: “What right has Park street church to use $600,000 worth of the Lord’s property so that it can give religious opportunities to only 1500 people in the morning, and about 800 or 1000 in the afternoon, when it might accommodate 10,000 or 15,000 every Sabbath?” Prof. Seeley replies: “The same right that its honored minister has to spend thousands on his farm and fast horses, when that money might send the gospel to large numbers of the heathen. We know no such distinction as Mr. Murray makes between private and ecclesiastical property. Individuals and churches are alike stewards of God’s bounty, and should use it to his glory.”