p. 179 | The Church That Died From Giving Too Little

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 23, 1871

The Church That Died From Giving Too Little

There is a great deal of pith and point in the comment of the African preacher on the text, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” He said: “I have known many a church to die ’cause it didn’t give enough; but I never knowed a church to die ’cause it gave too much. They don’t die that way, brederin; has any ob you knowed a church to die cause it gib too much? If you do, just luff me know, an’ I will make a pilgrimage to dat church, an’ I’ll clum by de soft light ob de moon to its moss-covered roof, an’ I’ll ’stan’ and lif my han’s to Heben, an’ say, ‘Blessed am de ded dat die in de Lo’d.’”