Giving

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 4, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 43.

Giving.—"It is more blessed to give than to receive," if we give for a righteous purpose. "He that giveth to the rich [those who have no need], shall surely come to want." But "he that giveth to the poor lendeth unto the Lord." The highest giving is giving first. There are many who excuse themselves from giving to God's cause on the ground of debt. In other words, they say, "I will render to the Lord his due when I get my debts paid, when I am better situated, when I discharge this or that obligation." But this is not giving at all. It implies no love, no sacrifice. What we can do just as well as not, is not scriptural giving. We must be willing to give when faith, not sight, leads the way, when it costs us something to give. George Klingle has beautifully sung:—