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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 6, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 1.

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Question Corner.

By Editor

"If ye will inquire, inquire ye." "But avoid foolish questions."
[From time to time we will reply under this head, if deemed advisable, to such candid inquiries as may be sent us. Correspondents wishing a reply to their questions must give their full name and address, not for publication unless they wish, but as an evidence of good faith on their part, and to give us opportunity to reply by letter if deemed best. It is always well to inclose stamp. Let the questions be short and pointed, and such as may be answered in limited space. The questions will be numbered continuously.]

121. ORIGIN OF FIRST-DAY OFFERINGS.

Please explain 1 Cor. 16: 2. Is this the origin of our first-day offering?
The verse reads as follows: "Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper, that no collection be made when I come." Revised Version. The apostle simply instructs each member of the churches of Corinth and Galatia to lay by him, or to put aside in his own house, money for the saints at Jerusalem, and, that it might not be neglected, this duty was to be done the first day of each week. The origin of this and the origin of first-day offerings is the same; it is found in the necessities of the cause of God. This instruction of the apostle is not given as an obligation and universal rule. But it was one sanctioned by the Spirit of God then, and it is equally good now, as showing that the plan is scriptural; and it certainly asks of no one more than he is able to do. It has precious blessings for all who are able to avail themselves of its privileges.