WHO GIVE?

Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Sep 5, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 36.

"It's curious who give. There's Squire Jones, he's put down $2.00; his farm's worth $10,000 and he's money at interest. And there's Mrs. Brown, she's put down $5.00, and I don't believe she'd had a new gown in two years, and her bonnet ain't none of the newest, and she's them three grandchildren to support since her son was killed in the army, and she's nothing but her pension to live on. Well, she'll have to scrimp on butter and other luxuries, but she'll pay it. She just loves the cause; that's why she gives."

These were the utterances of Deacon Daniel after he returned from church the day the pledges were taken for contributions to foreign missions. He read them off, and I took down the items to find the aggregate. He went on:

"There's Maria Hill, she's put down $5.00; she teaches in the North district, and don't have but $20 a month, and pays her board, and she has to help support her mother. But when she told her experience, the time she joined the church, I knew the Lord had done a work in her soul, and where He works you'll generally see the fruit in giving. And there's John Baker, he's put down $1.00, and he'll chew more than that worth of tobacco in a fortnight. Cyrus Dunning, $4.00. Well, he'll have to do some extra painting with that crippled hand, but he'll do it and sing the Lord's song while he's at work."—Missionary Meeting.