The Habit of Giving

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 11, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 23.

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The Habit of Giving

GIVING is educative of our higher nature. The habit of hoarding grows, till miser or monopolist is the end of such development. We benefit ourselves most of all when we seek to elevate others. It is as the Arab proverb says: “The water you pour on the roots of the coconut tree comes back to you in the milk of the coconut, which falls from the top;” yes, and sweetened besides.—Selected.