The Steady Stream Keeps the Mill Going.
As ONE of the remarkable facts in the current history of benevolence, the Independent notes that "the receipts of the Presbyterian Boards have increased, notwithstanding the recent death of those princely New York givers, the Browns, Stuarts, Marquands, Lenoxes, Morgans and Dodges." It thinks it a serious fact, however, that at present almost no younger men are rising to take their places. The Presbyterian, in reply, says: "This is a fact of some seriousness, but it would be a fact of much more seriousness to find the church dependent upon its great givers. The supplies for the church's work should be gathered from the entire surface of the church, and to secure this, systematic beneficence must become the universal habit of its members." We imagine that the proportion of great benefactions to the regular but smaller contributions is far less than is generally supposed. A sorry feature of any church it would be that should show a dependence upon a millionaire here and there, as against the great body of contributors, for its support.—Christian at Work.