Seventh, those who give in the spirit of Jesus; who give because they love their neighbor as themselves, and above all things desire to help him—spiritual givers.
To which do you belong?
There are lots of men who will sing with gusto in a missionary meeting:
“Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small,”
but when the collection-plate is put under their nose and they are asked to put their sentiments into cold, hard cash, they drop a five-cent piece upon it with a sigh of regret, which suggests these other well-known lines,
“When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain.”
—E. L. Meadows, Pittsburg Christian Advocate.
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