ACCORDING TO YOUR ABILITY.
"Every man according to his ability," is the Christian rule of giving and working. It is not very faithfully obeyed. There are many persons who have ample leisure, yet give but little time; who have large possessions, yet make small contributions. This is an evil that we have all seen under the sun. And there is another like unto it. There are a great many people who have some ability, but who do nothing; who have not much leisure, but who give no time to the Lord's work; who have a little money, but who put none at all into his treasury. Those who have a little and give nothing violate the Christian law just as truly as those who have much and give little. There are a great many persons, young and old, in all our churches, whose means and opportunities are limited, from whom not much ought to be expected; but they are able to do something and do they nothing. They are transgressors of the Christian law. They ought to repent, and do works meet for repentance.—Sunday Afternoon.