God's Free-men by Editor

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 2, 1863

God's Free-men.

By Editor

OUR ministers should be God's free-men. Those well tried and approved ministers that are poor should by the liberalities of the brethren be placed in easy circumstances, and they should have humility and grace to prize, and correctly improve upon the temporal blessings bestowed upon them.

Eld. B. F. Snook purchased house and lot at Marion Iowa, more than a year since, by advice of his brethren, for about $800, which is now worth probaly not less than $1200, depending mostly upon the brethren in Iowa to pay for it. But as they got badly fleeced by E. W. S. and have suffered some by the spirit of secesh, it became quite evident that Bro. Snook could hardly meet payments. So last November we sent Bro. Snook $400, and took mortgage on his place for this sum, at seven per cent interest, releasing him from ten per cent.

Bro. Snook should feel that he is God's free-man. No one should feel that he is the property of Iowa or of any other locality, but the property of the cause. The General Conference Executive Committee may send him a missionary to Europe before the close of 1863. Be this as it may, we think that mortgage should be lifted by those who would esteem it a pleasure to help.

We propose to give the interest and be one of twenty to raise the $400. Who will be one of twenty to take this burden off from Bro. Snook? Who will be one of forty? Who one of eighty? Let us hear at once from all who choose to help, and let your XXs and Xs and Vs come right in. If more than $400 be received it shall be put into the General Conference fund.