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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, Cal. · Sep 13, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 37.

The Cause of Shortage

By Editor

The Cause of Shortage.—Some one, whose name we do not know, has truthfully said: "God is not short of money for missions; neither are the bulk of Christians short of money. Hard hearts rather than hard times cause the trouble." True, the Lord is not short of money. He owns all the gold and the silver. "The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, saith the Lord of hosts." But He has entrusted it to human stewards who are unfaithful to their trust. They are unwilling to render to Him that which He has required of them for the furtherance of His cause. Because of this, He charges them with robbery. "Ye have robbed Me," He says, "in tithes and offerings." He tells us just what to do that there may be no shortage for His work. "Bring ye all the tithe into the storehouse, that there may be meat in Mine house." Just as long as there is plenty in the Lord's house for the sustenance of His laborers, His work will be prosecuted with vigor. The shortage is because of the covetousness of the stewards of His means, those who are daily living off His bounty, yet withhold that which the Lord has devoted to His own work.