Responding to a Calamity
By Wm. Covert
THOSE who have lost heavily in business, usually think themselves excused from making offerings to the Lord's cause; but should their financial reverses lead them to reach such a conclusion? Mr. George Muller, the great philanthropist of Bristol, England, having occasion to advise a business house concerning the proper action to take when a sudden and deep reverse had come, said it would be best to express gratitude to God because he had not taken all from them. He advised them to give a thank offering to the Lord for leaving some property. The firm followed the advice, and gave five hundred dollars because they had been dealt with in such a merciful manner. This firm is said to have been repaid more than a thousandfold for the gift which they offered. It pays to follow the instruction which says, “In everything give thanks.” Reverses have been lessons, and we should learn how to obtain the benefits which are proffered.