Rewarded by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · May 27, 1886

FromThe Signs of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 20

Rewarded.

By Editor

WE are informed that the ladies of the Simpson Memorial Church (S. F.) invite their friends to a strawberry festival which they will give in their church parlors on a specified evening. This reminds us, by contrast, of the commandment of Jesus: “When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind; and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee; for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.” Luke 14: 12–14. Christ said not to invite friends “lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee;” but these people go beyond what Christ thought it necessary to guard against, for they invite their friends, and expect them to bring a recompense with them.