Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-07-31
minister literally and ycu saan have moro

Usnxs<er uocrouy and you eaau have moro
TO administer. arr In full sympathy with
the man who was TO be baptized by imner-
stc0. and some one said. you had better
leave your pccketbooE out: 10 will get vet
mo" said he. Il want to go down under
the wave with everything, l want 20 con.
secratc my property and all 20 God" And
SO he was baptized. What we want en- this
country Is moro baptized pocketbooks.
The only safe investment that man
csn make in this world Is in the cause OF
Christ. IL a man give from superabun-
dance. God may or he may not respond
with blessing hut IL man give until he
feels IL. II a man give until IL fetches che
blood. N man give until his SelhShness
eringes and twists and covers under IL. 10
will Get not only spiritual rroft. hue he
will set paid hack in hard cash or in CON-
-erttole securities. We often sec men who
ar rcht-nsted who seem 20 Get along with
their Investments very profitably. nctwith-
standinS all their parsimony. But wait.
Suddenly in thar mans history everv-
thing goes wrong. His health fails
or his reason Is dethrOncd. or a
domestic curse smitcS him. or mid.
night shadow Of some kind drops upon
his soul and up0n his business. What is
the natter God Is punishinC him for his
small heartedneSs. He tried 10 cheat God
and I'D worsted him. 50 thar one OF th. re
cip--s for The cure Of individual and national
nnanccS Il moro generosity. Where YOU
bestowed 81 on the cause Of Christ give -
God loves - be trusted. and he Is very art
l. trust hack again. He saws. That man
AuSSs how 20 handle money. Heshsu have
more money 20 handle And very soon
the property that was on the market for a
great while gets 4 purchaser. and the bond
that was not worth more than fiftv cents
OF dollar Cccs 20 par. and tho opening Of
p new street doubles the value % his house
Or IN any way ~ q million God hleSSes him.
Once the man fnds out that secret and
- cocs On % fortune. There ara men
whom have known who To- ten years have
hee1 trying % pay God 5000 They have
never been able 90 Get IL paid. for lust as
they were taking out from one fold ~ their
pockethooS a lin rlvSteriouslv somehow in
some other fold % their pockctbook there
came larger bill. You tell me that Chris
tian generosity paws IN the world t. come.
tel YOU 4 pays now. pays in hard cash.
paws in Government securities You 10
not believe it, Al. tina; j. what keeps YOU
hack. ! knew you DID not believe il. The
whole world and Christenion Is % be re-
constructed on tfiS subject. and as you Rre
pat 20 ChriStcrton let tho work begin
n your own soul. But. -eys Some one.
Il 1oct believe that tlrnry. because I
have been generous and have been losing
money tcr ten years Tlcn God prepaid
you. that f. all.
what because % the money that YOU
IA g. IN other davsg You say % YOUR son.
NV viii give you $500 every year A.
long - you 1--we" After awhile YOU saw.
Well. my son. you prove yourself -
worthy - my confidence I viii juSt give
vou so 90 Ia "a single lump And YOU
give K = him. and be starts or. l. two ~
three years NJ does not complain against
YOU "Fathcr j. not taking care % me- 1
ought - have $500 ycar.' You prepaid
your son. AID b. does not complain. There
az thousands q u now who can this year
~ lust enough - snnpiv our wants. Dut
iil not God supply for u in the past and
has De- not again AID acain and again paid
o. IN u-vancef In other words. trusted YOU
az Glonr-trustci VOC more than YOU had
right @ ask Strike. then. a balance for
sod Economic in anything rather than
p your t1rl--igL charities. There l. not
more than one out % 500 OF you who ever
give enough q 30 You any good. and when
some cause q Christianity, some mis-
aonary society or Bible society or
-hUrch organization. comes along and gets
anything from VOC what 90 you say You
say- i have been hie1-' And there never
vas a more significant figure % speech
tLan that used 10 common parlance- les.
sou have been bled. ani you Are spiritually
salaciated. when ~ you hai been cour-
sC-cus enough 20 60 through your prop
-rty anl say. That belongs = God, AID
.his belongs q God. ana the other thing
3e.crss e. God. and 40 more dared 70 ap-
CRATE x % yQlr own use than something
hat belonged - Your ueichhor Instead 81
Icing blei q death by charities YOU would
have been rrinvi-crated and reclIerated
and hull: up Tor time and for eternity. God
gili keep many q you cramQct f. money
matters until the day - your death unless
sou swil- out into larger rcnerosities.
People quot" a. a joke y hat j. a divine
promise. cast thy bread upon the waters.
and l. viii return - thee after many days.'
What dll God mean hv that. There l. al
al usion There. In Lgyft when they SOW
the corn il l. Et a time when the Nile -
OVERCOMING H. banks. and they SOW the
SGD corn on the water. aa1 a. the Nile be-
gins . r.-ce.ic this seed corn strikes IN the
earth and comes W harvest. and that Is
ms the corn away on the waters. but after
awhile they gather Il up In q harvest. Now
saws God ia His word. Cast INV bread
upon the waters. and IL shall come
back - thee after many days II may
seen T. YOU thlt you ere throwing IL away
ou charities. but IL viii yield harvest %
er--l aud goll-a harvest on earth and a
harvest IN heaven. II men c0ult aprre-
ciare that and al o. that. W. would have
no more trouble about individual or ma
tiolal finances.
Prescription the third. f0- the cure % all
orr individual ani national financial M
fre-ses. q great ~ ritual awakening. i l.
10 mere Theory. The merchants u this
country were positively denncAted with the
monetary excitement ia 1871. There never
before nor since has been such q state Of
4 financial depression there vas at that
t!-le. A revival came. AID 200 .OOO people
were BON into the kingdom % God. What
came after the revival TIE grandest
financial prosperity We have ever had IN
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