Systematic Benevolence.
By James White
Bro. I. C. Vaughan writes from Hillsdale, Mich., that the church in that place "are acting on the Systematic Benevolence plan, and like it much," and inquires, "What is to be done with the money at the end of the month?" We suggest, that each church keep at least $5.00 in the treasury to help those preachers who occasionally visit them, and labor among them. This seems necessary. A brother has just started out on a preaching tour of one hundred and twenty-five miles. He presses a team through the mud, because he had not money to pay his fare on the cars. But before leaving he was careful to borrow money to meet his traveling expenses, though he appointed to preach at the end of each tedious day's journey. Such is the scarcity of money, that our good brethren very seldom are prepared to help a messenger on his journey. Let there be a few dollars in every church treasury. Beyond this, the debt on the tent enterprise, &c., claims the proceeds of Systematic Benevolence in this State. The Tent Committee wish all remittances for the Tent sent to the Review Office.