DISSATISFIED HOUSEHOLDER—"Do you mean to say that this meter measures the amount of gas we burn?"
GAS COLLECTOR—"I will enter into no controversy, sir; but I may say that the meter measures the amount of gas you will have to pay for."
GENEROSITY
SUNDAY-SCHOOL TEACHER—"Now, Jimmy, I want you to memorize today's motto, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
JIMMY—"Yes'm, but I know it now. My father says he has always used that as his motto in his business."
TEACHER—"Oh, how noble of him! And what is his business?"
JIMMY—"He's a prize-fighter, ma'am."—Life.
Let us proportion our alms to our ability, lest we provoke God to proportion His blessings to our alms.—Beveridge.