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riches in friends, in joy. in peace and ,iif IN
the blessings of GOD, Giving plesses
twice IN that is blesses him who gives
GIVING AND RECEIvING.
The Epworth league topic for April 10
IS Giving; Its Laws Its Reflex Inf1u-
ehee Inc texts are found in IL Corin-
xvi, IL. All we have comes from Gods
blessing, and should be used according
TO his Will, but there are different kinds
OF expenses ana various styles of needs.
II Is necessary to have clothing Dut it
is not wise to take from the amount
needed for necessary food in order to
get more snowy clothes. Love to God
and our fellow men requires for it's
growth in US that we give money and
time and care for worship of God and
relief of the poor. BeneyoIence of spirit
is cultivated by benetcence of the hand.
We must give to others to really feel Tor
and with them. The sorrow you feel for
another's trouble is well measured by the
amount of help you are willing to give
to relieve him.
There is no substitute for a special
fund. Some refuse TO put aside any par
tlcular sum or proportion of their income,
pleadlng various excuses. But an in
creaslng number, especially of our young
peop!e, are learning the law of giving.
The basal law is, LAS God hath prospered
MN" Each one should settle with the
Lord this matter of proportion. 1t will
PAOIdOly vary DIT Inherent times. some
nave in early life settled three points: %
The proportion Of the present income to
be given to Gods special work and (2)
the future proportion If greater prosperity
shall come; 90 the sum beyond which
they will never accumulate property, all
increase above d certain amount to be
given directly to the service of the Lord.
Such settlement leaves the mind clear
and allows all energies to be given with
out distraction to the real work of life.
1t foreStallS the appeals of avarice and
avoids conflicts when the call of distress
comes The clear duty is for everyone to
fix this matter calmly as to the part of
his income which shah be put aside for
use In helping the cause of Christ d.
rectly.
One of the greatest benefits Of such
decision is the effect upon the giver. "a
person who has never tried it cannot
realize the joy that comes from ability
to give to a worthy, cause because
sum has been accumulated for the pur-
pose. Oftentimes person hears an ap-
peal and wants to help, but is painfully
conscious that to do so would take money
which really ought not to be so given.
Some are influenced under powerful per-
suasion to give more than is right. and
they afterward regret. it and in future
are on their guard against all such APP
peals. All this is avoided if one has
fund, however small, on which to draw.
Then there arises "a lively interest IN
seeking the most worthy causes on which
to bestoW ones gifts No other invest
ments are followed with such keen in
terest. In all ways it pays to follow the
Bible law.
NOTABLE DAYS. OF THE WEIR
April 10 is the second Sunday after
Easter; also the anniversary of the birth
in 1873 of Lord North, English premier
during the Revolutionary war; of Thomas
Jefferson in 1743, third president and au-
thor of the Declaration of Independence
in 1929, Of Christian Huggens, DuTcn as
tronomer, discoverer of Saturn's tings
and inventor of the spiral spring TO reg
uiate the balance of watches, and the
measurement of time; of Horace Bush
nell, in 1902, American divine and editor:
Abraham Lincoln, assassinated at Ford
theater, Washington.
April Is is the anniversary of the birth,
ir 1914, of John Lothrop Motley, Amer-
can historian.
April 16 is the anniversary of the brit,
in 17S6, of ST. John Franklin, Arctic ex>
plorer of Louis Adolpe Theirs, in 1881,
French statesman and historian.
April II is the anniversary of the birth,
in 1906, of William Gilmore SIMS Amer>
lean novelist and poet; of j. Pierpont
Morgan, banker, reorganizer and general
iSSimO of finance, at Hartford, Conn., in
1897 Up to the age Of twenty-one years
there were no signs of those traits that
have made him so marvelously success
full This was noticed in him, however,
that he was always determined, active,
alert, taciturn, and accustomed 10 nave
his own way. He is a graduate of the Bos-
ton English high school, and spent two
years in school at Goettingen Germany.
April IS is the anniversary of the birth,
in 1877, of George Henry Lewis, husband
of George Eliot
April 10 is the anniversary Of the birth,
in 1921, Of Roger Sherman, American
statesman; of Mary l.. Booth, in 1881,
American author and editor. This is also
Primrose day in England; also anniver-
sary of the battle of Lexington and Cor
cord in 1775, and a legal holiday in Mas
sachusetts, known as Palvids day.