p. 107 | A GOOD EXAMPLE by P.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 3, 1879

A GOOD EXAMPLE.

By P.

“THERE is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.”

There is an aged lady, a member of one of our churches, whose charitable example should be read and pondered by a great many Sabbath-keepers. This lady, sixty-eight years of age and in feeble health, has, during the past year, worked in a farmer's kitchen for the small sum of $5.50 a week; and of this sum $2.50 has gone into the treasury of the Lord. She also takes the REVIEW, and sends another copy to her sister. Five whole weeks she has labored diligently for the Lord. How many can make as good a record? She has no earthly home, and is entirely dependent on her own exertions for her support. When told, on paying her last installment, that she had better keep it, trembling with emotion she replied, “No; I will pay my dues. The Lord has been good to me.” While enjoying her quiet presence and looking upon her placid face, one can almost imagine he hears the rustle of angels' wings.

There are other members in the same church, stalwart men, who wished their names taken from the S. B. book, considering themselves unable to pay anything. Some of them can count their losses by hundreds of dollars. Their foundation was laid on sliding sand, and their possessions were swept away. “For he that hath, to him shall be given; and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.” “And he that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it in a bag with holes.” P.