Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 23 (1908)

Lt 176, 1908

Gilmore, Alexander

St. Helena, California

May 24, 1908

Previously unpublished. +^Note

Alex Gilmore
15 Ellice Street
Victoria, B.C.

Dear Brother:

I thank you for the means you have sent me. I was in great need of this in order to do the work the Lord would have me accomplish at the present time. The advancement of the cause in the Spanish fields creates a demand upon me to have Great Controversy and other books translated and published in that language. When you can spare another thousand dollars for the advancement of the cause, it will be gladly received. God is honored when we return to Him of the means He entrusts to us. 23LtMs, Lt 176, 1908, par. 1

All that the Lord has given me in trust I have invested in His cause. I see that the end is near and that there is a decided work to be done—a work in the accomplishment of which we have the privilege of being laborers together with God. Let us be wide awake to honor and glorify His name. Let us do all in our power to bring the truth before those who are perishing for the need of it. 23LtMs, Lt 176, 1908, par. 2

I have tried in every possible way to give to the world the light the Lord has given me for the people. I am thankful for the help you have rendered. If in the future you can help still further, be sure that the means will be appropriated in such a way as to bring the truth before souls. 23LtMs, Lt 176, 1908, par. 3

Since my husband died, I have worked to the utmost of my ability for the upbuilding of the cause of truth in new fields, and the establishment of centers from which the truth might go forth as a lamp that burneth. This work has been done at the cost of means and strength. But in the strength of God, and with His blessing resting upon us, we have been enabled to establish the truth in right lines in many places, including many places in Europe and Australia. Thousands of dollars have I invested for the establishment of schools and health institutions and churches in these places, but I have never regretted what I have done. I am only thankful that the Lord has spared my life to accomplish a work for Him. 23LtMs, Lt 176, 1908, par. 4

With this I will send you a copy of an appeal to our ministers for deeper consecration. 23LtMs, Lt 176, 1908, par. 5

Again I thank you for the money you have sent. I had been drawing from the bank money on which I was obliged to pay a high interest. If you have other means that you can spare, we shall be glad to receive it. In the future we shall be glad for all that we have done that has had a part in the upbuilding of the cause of God in the earth. 23LtMs, Lt 176, 1908, par. 6