SYSTEMATIC BENEVOLENCE.
By Uriah Smith
THERE are some things which look well in theory; there are other things which are shown to be good by practice. And when a subject is of such a nature that it can be tested by practice, and is shown by such a test to be good and effectual, it arms itself with an argument which cannot be gainsayed nor resisted. Such a subject is Systematic Benevolence, as the following testimony from Bro. A. N. Curtis, of Camden, N. Y., shows. "I was about to write to the Office, when Review No. 10 came to hand, stating the call upon the Treasurer for deposits; and as I have some of the Lord's money on hand, the fruits of Systematic Benevolence, I hasten to respond to the call. "The subject of Systematic Benevolence, as a system for all to act upon, I dearly love. It is reasonable and scriptural, and thus well calculated to meet the demand for which it was instituted. I am satisfied that without a systematic course in this thing, we are liable to think we are doing considerable when the fact is we are far below the line of duty, doing far less than God requires at our hands. I rejoice that there seems to be a coming up to duty on this all-important subject."