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Testimonies for the Church Volume 9
that they are willing to help them. And if in some things the colored
people fail, do not be quick to condemn them and separate them
from the work.
Exact and impartial justice is to be shown to the Negro race.
Christ demands from His servants tender compassion for the suffer-
ing, sympathy for the unfortunate, and a generous consideration for
misdemeanors.
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The poor are not excluded from the privilege of giving. They,
as well as the wealthy, may act a part in this work. The lesson that
Christ gave in regard to the widow’s two mites shows us that the
smallest willing offerings of the poor, if given from a heart of love,
are as acceptable as the largest donations of the rich. In the balances
of the sanctuary, the gifts of the poor, made from love to Christ, are
not estimated according to the amount given, but according to the
love which prompts the sacrifice.
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