10 Powerful Quotations Supporting the Publishing Work

The publishing work is a divinely ordained movement designed to spread the light of present truth like streams of light around the entire worldPGGC 75.2. Supporting this sacred cause is a duty laid upon every member of the church, as these silent messengers reach hearts in regions where the living preacher cannot goPM 342.2+1.

Here are ten powerful calls to sustain the publishing work:

1. The canvassing work is missionary work of the highest order and is God's ordained means of bringing the light of truth to the worldCM 6.1+1.

2. Every child of God who professes the truth should be zealous to act their part in supporting the publication of papers and tractsPM 342.2.

3. The press is a powerful instrumentality that God has ordained to be combined with the energies of the living preacher to reach all nationsCM 148.2.

4. Publications must be multiplied and scattered like the leaves of autumn to enlighten and mold the minds of thousandsPOSDAI 61.

5. The publishing houses were established in sacrifice, and only through a spirit of sacrifice can their work be successfully carried forwardPM 249.3.

6. Investing means to sustain the publishing work is placing capital at interest in the bank of heaven, where it will never be lostT30 105.3.

7. There is no higher work than evangelistic canvassing, for it involves the performance of the highest moral duties and the saving of soulsCM 12.1.

8. The Lord calls for the publishing work to be revived and carried forward with increasing success, as it is His own workCM 17.2.

9. When church members realize the importance of literature circulation, they will devote more time and means to placing books in the homes of the peopleCM 7.2+1.

10. All who love God should uphold the hands of those in the publishing ministry, knowing that the reward in the heavenly courts will be gloriousCCh 281.1.

Successful Soul-Saving Ministry—The canvassing work, properly conducted, is missionary work of the highest order, and it is as good and successful a method as can be employed for placing before the people the imp...— CM 6.1 (1953)

All Members to Support Publishing Work—The Lord has shown the error of many in looking to those only who have property to support the publication of...— PM 342.2 (1983)

...he also wrote in this context of missionary motivation: “Publications must be multiplied, and scattered like the leaves of autumn. These silent messengers are enlightening and molding the minds of thousands in every country and i...— POSDAI 61 (1969)

...ity—The press is a powerful means to move the minds and hearts of the people.... The press is a powerful instrumentality which God has ordained to be combined with the energies of the living preacher to bring the truth before all nations, kind...— CM 148.2 (1953)

Our institutions are to be entirely under the supervision of God. They were established in sacrifice, and only in sacrifice can their work be successfully carried forward.—Selected Messages 2:20...— PM 249.3 (1983)

...g investments in our publishing work. It will do you good. Your money will not be lost, but will be placed at interest, to increase your capital stock in Heaven. Christ has given all for you; what will you give for him? He asks your heart; give it to him; it i...— T30 105.3 (1881)

No Higher Work—There is no higher work than evangelistic canvassing, for it involves the performance of the highest moral duties. Those wh...— CM 12.1 (1953)

... be a success from the first. From that small beginning it [the publishing work] was shown to me as streams of light that went around the entire world.” How from that “small beginning” has the published truth “gone around the ...— PGGC 75.2 (1911)

...ting to give the last message of warning to the world. We cannot too highly estimate this work; for were it not for the efforts of the canvasser, many would never hear the warning— CEv 5.1 (1920)

To those who love God sincerely and have means, I am bidden to say: Now is the time for you to invest your means in sustaining the work of the Lord. Now is the time to uphold the hands of the ministers in their s...— CCh 281.1 (1991)