God’s Tenth

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 18, 1881

GOD'S TENTH.—A Hindoo Christian who used to be always grumbling at the smallness of his salary, made up his mind to give one-tenth to God; so next pay-day, when the missionary handed him, as usual, ten rupees, he pushed back one of them, saying "That is for God's work, sir."

The missionary took it, but wondered much how the man, who was really poor and had a large family, would get on without it. Meeting him two or three weeks after in the bazaar, he asked how they were doing. Instead of grumbling, as usual, the man answered cheerfully, "Well, thank you, sir."

"Then tell me how it is that you, who used to be always grumbling, when you were spending your ten rupees a month on yourself, now do so nicely with only nine!"

"Because, sir, nine-tenths with God's blessing is better than ten-tenths without it."—The Friend of Missions.