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Paying for the Pitchers

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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jun 29, 1876

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 2, No. 29.

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Paying for the Pitchers.

DR. ADAM CLARKE was preaching to a large congregation in Ireland, and after dwelling in glowing terms upon the freeness of the gospel, and telling them that the water of life could be had “without money and without price,” at the conclusion of the sermon a person announced that a collection would be made to support the gospel in foreign parts. This announcement disconcerted the preacher, who afterwards related the circumstance to the lady of the house where he was staying. “Very true, Doctor,” replied the hostess, “the water of life is free, ‘without money and without price,’ but we must pay for the pitchers to carry it in.”