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SUSTAIN THE GOSPEL

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 12, 1872

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 39, No. 13.

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SUSTAIN THE GOSPEL.

By M. H. A.

How can we still hope that our souls are new-born, And muzzle the oxen which tread out the corn? Did God care for oxen? or did he say thus, Designing to give some instruction to us?
Saint Paul has explained it, and told what to do: “Who preaches the gospel must live of it too;” Some say, Were we able, we’d give with delight; But think of the widow who cast in her mite.
What though we’ve no money to pamper our pride, She kept not a penny for wants unsupplied, Yet Jesus beheld her, and sanctioned the deed, And promised in future to shield her from need.
Cast your bread on the waters, obey the command; The Lord will restore it; his promise will stand. Who give unto these, in the name of the Lord, A cup of cold water, shall have their reward.
M. H. A.
S. Norridgewock, Me.