Liberality Abused

This instruction for a time led to quite liberal contributions of money; but some of the self-sent laborers abused these liberalities. The Testimony said of this class: “A bad example has been set by some accepting large donations, and not giving the least caution to those who had means not to use it too freely and carelessly.... Those who had means were thrown into great perplexity.... Others have been affected by these things, and have not felt the need of economy, of denying themselves, and putting into the treasury of the Lord.”-Testimony of June 2, 1853.COOD 104.2