Week of Prayer and Giving
By Editor
Readings for our week of prayer have come to hand. Certainly in this time of suspense and trouble in the world it ought to be an earnest season of seeking God, not only for personal, whole-hearted consecration on the part of those who pray, but that God may overrule all the events in the world for the heralding of His last message of mercy. It ought to be a time of liberal giving to the cause of God. Much of the money that is poured out in useless, senseless gifts upon friends, would be made great blessings if turned to needy, suffering causes in mission fields and elsewhere. Mrs. August Belmont, Miss Anna Morgan, and other prominent New York women, are founding a new organization entitled "A Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving," and they say, "Instead of being a season of true and supreme pleasure-making, Christmas has come to be a serious burden to thousands of working girls." And it has come to be a great burden to millions of others. Why not bestow the Christmas gifts for the needy cause of Christ, as manifested in many ways in the world?