p. 405 | WHAT IS YOUR MOTIVE?

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, Cal. · Jul 7, 1890

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 16, No. 26.

WHAT IS YOUR MOTIVE?

An old farmer once attended a missionary meeting, and though he was little accustomed to giving, after considerable mental disputation, and specially with an eye to the promised returns, he ventured to cast a shilling into the box. On his journey home he saw, lying in the road, a shilling, which he was nowise loath to pocket. Having reached his dwelling, he began to report what he had heard at the meeting, laying stress on the fact that the speakers had said that if anything was lent to the Lord, the Lord would give it back. "And," said he, "that is true, for I gave a shilling to the collection, and found one on my way home."

One of the servant-men at last said: "Now, master, I'll tell you how I think it is. You see, you gave the shilling because you expected it back, and the Lord loveth a cheerful giver, and would not have your money on that principle, so he threw it at you on the road."—London S. S. Chronicle.