The Original 1883 (First Edition) of
The Ecclesial Guide

27. -- Finance Brother (usually called Treasurer).

As holder of the bag, the principal requisite in a treasurer in any community, is trustworthiness; but in an ecclesia of the living God it is needful that besides this, he possess and exhibit the mind of Christ. In his intimate relations with the rest of the brethren, he influences them for good or evil. He ought, therefore, not only to be an exact registrar and safe keeper of all monetary matters, but an ardent sympathiser with all the objects of an ecclesia's existence. He ought, at the same time, to have all the qualifications valuable in a treasurer. He ought to have a proneness to defend the bag from encroachment, as much as if it were his own purse. In this, he may render valuable service to the whole body. A good Christadelphian treasurer will at the same time never sink the brother in the treasurer. He will blend the enthusiasm of a servant of Christ with the care and forethought and accuracy of a banker. This will exclude parsimony and prevent extravagance. For the rest, a clear and full record of all receipts and payments, in conjunction with the Recording brother, and an intelligible report of the same at the periodical business meetings, completes his part -- an essential, honourable, serviceable, though humble, part.