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What Is the Truth Worth to You?

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 7, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 45.

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What Is the Truth Worth to You?

By A. C. Ames, M. D.

A. C. AMES, M. D.
According to the statistical report published in the Review some months ago, the total amount paid by our people the whole world over in tithes and offerings during the year was $2,223,767. According to the same report the increase of Sabbath-keepers during the year was about four thousand. This means an expenditure of considerable money for every person brought into the truth. Probably, on an average, a like amount has been paid by some one to bring every one of us into the truth.
My brother, do you realize that others loved you enough to be willing to pay something to bring the truth to you? Do you love the truth sufficiently to be willing to pay for it? Do you love your fellow men sufficiently to be willing to give of your means to carry the truth to them? If you had been asked to pay for it in advance, you would never have had it, would you? But now that you have it, do you not feel you are morally bound to give what you can to carry it to others? Perhaps you can not give a large amount, but you know how much you can give.
How much is the truth worth to you? What are you doing to pay for it? Are you paying in proportion to its value to you? If not, do you not think you had better do so?
Mountain Grove, Mo.