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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 28, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 53.

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Recipients of Gifts

By Mrs. D. A. Fitch

MRS. D. A. FITCH
WE sometimes notice that persons who are to a degree dependent on charity for their clothing are better attired than many of their more fortunate neighbors, who buy their own garments.
An interesting spiritual lesson may be drawn from such conditions. One who is poor in spirit must needs depend on Jesus for the spiritual garment he wears. Then, too, it must necessarily be a gift, for had he the robe of righteousness to sell, no human being would have anything with which to buy. This garment can never be secured by the expenditure of time or strength or money: it is not on sale.
As the days go by, some addition may be made to the attire, such as the “ornament of a meek and quiet spirit.” No more can these ornaments be purchased than can the garment itself. Those who are attired with these graces are surely dependent on charity for their clothing, even the charity and love of Jesus.