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The humble gift from the poorer class is not, in the sight of God,
inferior to the larger offerings of the more wealthy. The Lord will add
His blessing to the gift, making its errand of love fruitful in accordance
with the wholehearted cheerfulness with which it is bestowed. The
mites from every source should be carefully cherished.
The ardor of the youth is now needed. They should put away
vanity and restrict their wants. I would urge upon them and upon all
our people that the money usually invested in unnecessary things be
put to a higher, holier use. Do what you can toward creating a fund for
the aged ministers, worn out with constant labor and care. Consecrate
all that you have to the Lord. Do not use your money to gratify self.
Put it into the Lord’s treasury. Do not allow means to pass out of
your hands merely to gratify the wishes of yourselves or others. In
your expenditure consider that it is the Lord’s money which you are
handling and that you must render to Him an account of its use.
To the aged, who are losing their hold on this life, I appeal to make
a right disposition of your Lord’s goods before you fall asleep in Jesus.
Remember that you are God’s stewards. Give back to the Lord His
own while you live. Do not fail of attending to this while you have
your reason. As age comes upon us, it is our duty to make a disposition
of our means to the instrumentalities that God has established. Satan
is using every device to divert from the Lord’s cause the means so
much needed. Many are binding up their talent of means in worldly
enterprises, when the cause of God needs every dollar to advance His
truth and glorify His name. I ask: Shall we not lay up for ourselves
treasure in heaven, in bags that wax not old? I would especially urge
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the aged who are soon to make a disposal of their means to remember
those who have ministered faithfully in word and doctrine. Place your
means where, should health and life fail, they can be invested in the
cause of God. Thus they will be put out to the exchangers and be
constantly accumulating.
I call upon the church as a whole, and upon its members individ-
ually, to render to God His own entrusted capital with interest. Thus
you will have treasure in heaven. Let your hearts be true to Jesus.
Although you may feel that you are the least of all saints, yet you are
members of Christ’s body, and through Him you are identified with all
His human agencies and with the excellence and power of the heavenly
intelligences. None of us liveth to himself. To each is assigned a post