The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07

out Tic Neclcu SuppilpS. let ue tellS GlSiH
their case was not hopeless. He offers to re,
store their former prosperity if they would
bring ali their tilhes into His storehcuse; If
tAry would pay their church dues: oe.o ,,,,
Wien this duty is Sncglectcd people often try
to persuade themselves that they cannot al
ford it. There are other claims uron them
that arc so c:am0rous that this must be LETT
and admit there are cases where the sincere
! Christian may have difficulty in knowing eX-
acily what is his duty about giving. He may
not know how much he ought to give III
cse To refuse how1yhgr thr 10 gye
to ontwt the Almighty, to overreach the God
only wise, is a Supcrlntve folly. Those who
attempt this will not escape the divine dls'
pleasure.
What mockcry is much of the pretended
payment of the church dues! One man gives
a nickel on the Sabbath when collection IS
taken up; the next day he goes to town and
spends il dollar in getting drunk and mailing
Il fool of himself Others and chnrch mem
berS too pay more money for whiskeka lh:ln
tobacco, to gr,tify an artificial appetite and
keep up filthy, disgusting Eabit, than they
give in paying church dues. Some are pro,
fuse to the demands Of taste and appetite, ana
custom and passion, but they become aWlui,
ly economical when asked to give to God. l
have known an officer in the church TO give
at one time for some trivial secular oD-
icct ten times as much as he ever
gave through a whole year to the church.
! Do you suppose that GGd don't n0lice such
things and keep account OF Siich things, and
that he will not reckon for such lnlnsSH II
or 3o 40 o Eoe nre mem Who make no pre-
! tentions to being Christians, and who are NOT
Christians, yet they are SO Impressed WIN VIII
the great good the church Is doing IN tne
world that they give generously to it's support
and by this they condemn those VINO cl;tlm 10
be l.ardoned and saved. and keep back their
church dues.
antly, grudgingly, after being urged snd
dunned. and when they can find no excuse
for coping it back any longer. asked the
hsS d Of ns csursn onss if esr hc n
answered, "he paid; but he paid 1t Nia WIN a a
this way; on the other hand He declares that
| He loves cheerful giver.
If were a private member Of the church,
there are two things, think, 1 would do.
would pay ny shnrsn hS S GTf hS, Iny is teem ome
than my dues would know that th"re
arc always people in. the church who don't
come up to their duty in this regard ana te to
Of service, would cverlay.
The Bible contains promises, many, ana
rich, and precious, for those who pay lhclr
with thy substance and the first fruits of all
thine increase, so shall thy barns be hiled
with plenty and thy presses hnrSt out with new
wine" Our Saviour said: "Glre and 1t shall
be given to you, gond measure, pressed down
and running over shall men give into your
bosGms." Now those who are dclinqucnt III
this matter put themselves in a POSITION
tnn,n TI"y dnm;f Hrivr" thev don't "honor
thrlil: 1 Ivy S,;t tn'' s,,hu, tmy Scc and or
course, these promised good things are hol
for them.
ovcr nxrrrtim~ thrsc indnments uron those
vino ara IrlimUu cntS ThCv lose honor the
respect OF good people and the blessing ol
,,nw.r,, WWn' @' 1"."' '
M d.s,, ,rs,lv is ominon,lv q nart of Chris
tian morality but We do not have that if we
''1, D w p"i Hr'. 1,r,t,n. r., unrovidc things
,inu.t "", m ,hn siDhi nf nl men bu. we don't
in tLiS ir Tho siI hi ,r nvrryholv if we don't
GO tniS III M tlit, 81 sis''V VI c'et' 'o'' - N
p:S ~, bn mmr:t in onr general character. or
In T ,mv oinrIa ir.ms Icti,,n is y di,yrlce among
men is = shame to nny one. brands one with
Ivy ~, ;,,'f'n,v ihn: cannot be- winrd out: il will
ua .id -, nn in his chilIrrn nGfrr him to
,n,. rnrnrnt;mns W. rri,o vnrv mrnnrs. thing
ns i,is ,,i. q, ,.' rr,,rI hr mean nronlr is
u"t @ ~ , 1',I ,is nr mt n,v;nr church
Ju,t t''o"' ''''' ''''> Va '' f"'
dues. ,,.;, ,,,,,;sb
Gou mates tno u''tuuir' ; D. ;,," vi WI ,innn;mn
;ii nislloiii>!y, aii rn,har u'i,,t"s' "'' PUG
pT,h T W M,,'t. t' "e ,, W mn,ins and sanIira
,o mcIG h,. tho ,ar:v chnrch ,yns startIed Lv
imis 1;,;1o inaomcnt. Tleir sin was this :
i,o1. ,,rnr,iuH ,,n nricu or thcr Io nd that had
incy pr0nils'u lll Ply VI . "n,'r,, "n.
neil So.' ~ tc i d !. ont I,rt tho n, her
~ :. f';I ". 'i pN,i,. ,,.,int mnnv of van
"o ar, Jonn tn-iou in nnt nnvim~ your church
dues ''7
W. W. ,.o ,oonov ariehi whether we have
,,,I,cb NV littln rnnuires more than human
,,.;adnn' w W nav en- nsn tho enrtbly lhal
n,, VII, h"n IN Sccnrin~ fnr MS he heavenly
ri"ics WI R,,t we cannot do tliis if we fail to
IN, li''!e,. 60 iIuU In. ~ f,'n. ~
pS Hnn "|. c,rhes ne bv example as we'll as
aae '''I ~ ',S @ SI. a. s,mn of these that il
httJs hP P.. ~ ,,r 80 nr,n,ir,,ion nnd imitation
|
mc;c was NT tna ,,ler nf Ire f,thful, ihe
HI" C;I -, ~ ~ 80 III T1o is nnonr fine greatest of
pii,Io sint WI az Kim If is recorded that he Of
Diole stlil;s; W IN, M, ,ii titlns hc nnid
irieu suciiicea i anu Pt''u O''''~'' ~ N F
Ms t chlttGl T uuun, ' 1, ,,,, , or,,d cb,roctor
ncn mere "ils !oo vs. M,' q .t''" ,,nmv nrd
tnis stGal , man n, ot ,,,e W. e hoij ts,t his
severe ms M alse,S ~ hc h the ons .nerfrcl
man i,ae ,ts ,"r nrG rosn nn r;,riv in
sent ttlu d n 'i, otfrin"s nr
ane H,u[ili,iS ~ M H,, Mn Uf ,hem oli and thus
SGIoiliE cor tiniI 10 We ,,.o ~ he nniI his church
diu Jop continually !" e'' he p'''o 'i''
uu"S. ,,.. oo;o, ,Ios,;,,o ,,on
O"eucceh piouSnE; SpeG.::. ~ H. wv ~,
hlinsei' anu ,laS m,,,lf n' -, r:id his n,,rrh
OF t1oo which li'e'''' '''''' iAo paw ''''
ducS. ,,xh. ,,,o -,o,t;o,od nc ox,n.
Ana so might nave ilsh t T ,L 'n LN", "mh
pes OF !ne SANE .n!ms irr GoIi,I nru and ,,ai,V
more: e..,o,, ,,.,o,u,t . ,,iroo,o f,r and
onr SAVIOUR WiouSmI a. n",,,n ~, G,.nim u
SnoWeN Specia ~, c,,Ind m ~ him ~ one
l ron Who WIS iCo"i;,'n1 m wa lam h,,iit no q.
VINO loNtt!' oui '.'iU'' i, 't nm'.,,,r ~ oihar
Sy yna2oSut "n!cH, 20 ouS n,.I 'tiS iSo. r'I,nro
WOrus lll:lI nc palu ms chulIi u"vs. @ ,nS
was anotncr centurion ~ i dGEouI n,,a a ,a "ilt
one that reared Iou WIN ali MS i'Ouoo WY
gave niucN aims 10 the Pcople anu ~ las eu " W.
God always. 1hlS p''SmcnI Oh Cuuici oues
was rewarded by uls pellis DlouS inIo 'ne
full light ana liberty OF the sospeI;
Sin is an evil the enormcly and mnlignity
of which we cannot measure. lie eau form