The Gospel and Great Benefactions
By Editor
The benefactions of 1910 reach the sum of $150,000,000; and while the year was not a record year in the amount given, the number of givers exceeds those of former years, and there is a larger range of recipients. Andrew Carnegie heads the list with a donation of $17,816,000. While these donors are to be commended on their liberality in giving to educational institutions and other worthy enterprises, it is sad to think that the greatest enterprise in which men should be engaged—the direct promulgation of the Gospel—receives so little interest financially from these great wealth holders. The most mighty means of civilization, and the greatest power that brings light and intelligence out of superstition and ignorance, has not for its foundation man-made science or Grecian art, but the simple Gospel of Jesus Christ.