The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-03-09
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SYSTEMATIC GIVING.
From The White Ribbon Herald.

From The White Ribbon Herald.
Oh! that men would accept the testimony
of Christ touching the blessedness of giving.
He who sacrifices most, loves most and he
who loves most is most blessed. Strong.
Dear White Ribbon Sisters of Maryland:
| can not think you are strangers to the
subject which heads this column. for it is
one which is being urged upon many
organizations, especially upon the church
and mission and temperance bands.
System is no new subject. Do we not
order our households by regular method,
planning, providing for the comfort of those
we love from day to day? Yet. when we
come to the Lords work how very often
we give just what 1--WE happen to have"
He has given us our temperance and mis-
sion work to care for if we are His. Then
this work belongs to u.s. just as much as
, the lear ones we are so careful to provide
for.
Dear friends, those Of you who do n t
know the joy of having definite sum,
conscicntiouSly set apart for the Lords
work, | urge upon you to begin the new
year by having your separate mite boxes
in which to drop His portion, or lay by,
each week, of your income tenth or such
part as YOU know hest will be His. for
know | am speaking to many workers who
have not an abundance of this worlds store
One such was startled by the thought that.
putting aside ten cents each week, she
would at the end of the year, have five
dollars and twcntv-cents, where she seldom
gave half that sum. ''If there be willing
mind, it is accepted according to that a
man hath. and not according to that he
hath not
TO you. my ST. tiers, to whcm the Lord
has given riches, remember "thc silver an'!
the eoll are His" and may You prove
faithful stewards, giving of the abundance
with which he has blessed YOU to further
his cause. and as applied to our Own State
work, come up to the help of those who so
faithfully labor to advance it.
"Oh. sisters mine. our hearts are fun of bless
Can We not give from out our goodly store,
OF health and strength. of time and thought
and money,
OF INTEL, ct and love. a little more?
May this thought find Judgment in the
heart of each individual member of the
Maryland Union and hear fruit abundantN
Our membership numbers nearly three
thousand. How many Of this number con-
sccrate a tenth or e,cIi "A small portion OF
their income to the Lord? Have YOU tried
II, my sister? If not, how much Of the
10, of giving you have missed.
Ii V. George Miller says: "lf you neglect
III hahituul gi,in-, Il regular giving II
living from principle and upon scrptural
round, and leave It only to feeling and
impulse, or particular arouSing circum-
tances, you will certainly be IA loser The
smallest amount " hich is fixed to he given
may he continually gone hey ond. hut it is
well you should fX this lowest amount
lest you should do nothing at all, + scarcely
anything"
would earnestly recommend each
county Union to appoint superintendent
for this department and that she in turn
urge the same in local Unions. As they
are appointed let them Immediately com
mnnicate with me that they may receive
helpful hints in tie work.
Let us be up and doing, going willingly
lovingly, cheerfully into the Lords treas
ury and make this the very best year for
the advancement of temperance in Mary
land.
Yours sincerely for the advance of sys
tematic giving,
G. A. MARTINDALE, State Supt.