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gift to relieve their necessities. The raising of money has been carried
to extremes. It has left a bad impression on many minds. Making
urgent calls is not the best plan of raising means. There has been
manifested an indifference to investigate the cases of the poor and
make returns to them, that they should not suffer for the necessaries
of life. A neglect of our duty in this respect, of becoming acquainted
with the necessities of the needy and of relieving their pressing wants
by returning means which has been given to advance the cause of God,
would be on our part a neglect of our Saviour in the persons of His
saints.
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