Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-12

the rate Of interest is so high that even
the giver of cup of cold water twill in
no wise lose his reward"
making investments great regard is
paid to the character of the borrower. and
his ability to meet his financial obliga.
tions. "He that pitieth the poor lendeth
TO the Lord and of his ability to redeem
his promises there can be no doubt.
As in all profitable business transac-
lions, the greater the venture the returns
win be correspondingly increased, so in
this business, of banking with the
Lord, the more man invests the greater
will be his share of the profits When a
man lends to the Lord by giving to the
poor, he begins to receive the interest i'm
mediately. The money, goods or food,
which he gives to relieve the distresses of
another is not only laying up treasures for
eternity, but gains blessing for himself
IN this world. The joy and happiness
that fills the soul of one who gives bread
to the hungry, clothing to the naked and
shelter to the homeless are returns which
SO far exceed the investments that no
other borrower but the Lord could afford
to pay them. 1t is one of the most unac-
countable things, in this strange and I'M
accountable world, that men will starVe
their souls to heap up riches; that they
will deny themselves the pleasure and
happiness of helping others; that when
the Lord offers to acceptsuch acts of kind
ness as loans made to himself and pledges
himself that He, the Lord, will repay,
they yet labor and sin for that
wealth, which has no value
beyond the grave. In this fact lies the
great worth of treasures laid up in Hea-
ven. They are eternal riches, out of the
reach of moth, the rust and the thief
Death has no power over them, and in
the light Of Gods smile they will grow
more and more valuable through eterni-
ty. The words which the Wizard of the
North puts in the mouth of Jeanie Deans
when pleading with the Queen for her
olS0Ci llAO, CApiO oo WCA eiiIS tIutA.
"When the hour of death comes, it is ma
what we haze done for oursells, but
what we haze done for others that we
think On maist pleasantly"
Besides the blessedness which always
attends giving, the soul of an habitually
generous man grows in statue with each
kind act. "He that watereth shall be
watered also himself These acts of
love are the seed from which shall spring
a harvest of golden fruit, graces of the
soul, such as tender sympathy, gentle
ness, courage and manliness. A mean,
misery man, or one generous only to
himself, is one Of the most pitiable
objects in this world. Possessing the
power to be benefactor of men, he de-
Hberately chooses to be curse, so that
the world would be better had he never
lived.
There is an old fable of the far East of
maiden who possessed one piece of gold
and when she had given it in charity, be-
hold there were two pieces in her hand,
and after she had bestowed those ON the
needy behold there were four. A miser,
seeing how wonderfully the money in
creased, and thinking the charm lay in
the coin, begged for them for charity's
sake. The maiden gave them to him
willingly but when he took them they
turned to ashes, while there lay eight
shining pieces of gold in the maiden's
hand