River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12

I8s $ES$SESMI there was really,
~ ss no omission. The
other beautitudcs,
lean upon each other; it takes them
all to make whole. This one is a
sort of summary of ali the rest; 1t is
the life of Christ in a nutshell. 1t iS
but another way of saying, 1.-THE Son
of man came not to be ministered unto,
but to minister"
Giving imparts more Joy than re-
ceiving, because
Giving Includes Receiving.
"Giye, and it shall be given unto
you; pressed down, running over.
Honor the Lord with thy substance
and with the first fruits Of all thine iny
crease; so shall thy barns be filed
with plenty" Scripture after scripture
goes to prove that the man who gives
receives, though the man who receives,
sad to say, does not always give. Re-
| ceiving is but a province in the larger
kingdom of giving. Note, however,
that it is giving-not trading, not pay
ing, nor bartering. If we give with a
view to receiving from God, We give
| not at all. If we give expecting MOTH
ing in return God will make an abund7
ant return If we give expecting him
| to repay, the very nature of the act iS
changed He does not promise to give
money for money, bond for bond, gold
for gold but he does promise that to-
those who give he Will make returns,
Giving Cleanses.
| Of a have
| behold all things are clean unto you."l
| Guke HAD The foulest things I'M
| our cities are not the sewers, but the
money in the pockets of some mem
who have not given a cent of it to God
! The fountain that throws up it's
sparkling water into the sunlight is
made clean by the very process of Civ
| ing. The Dead sea, with its brown
asphaltum, is the foulest of places. No
fish live in it's waters no fowl swim
!, upon it's bosom, and the secret of its
foulness is that it takes the Jordan in
at one side and gives off nothing. The
| Sea of Galilee would be as foul as the
Dead sea if it gave not off the Jordan
that it receives. The man that only
takes blessing from God is Dead sea;
the man that receives from God and
! gives back of what he receives is a
Galilee full of life and beauty. | have
heard of Christian woman who, while
poor, gave literally to several good
causes, but after she had Inherited a
fortune she ceased to give anything.
One of the deacons waited upon her
and asked her the reason. She frank
ly replied that while she was poor
she did not know the value of money,
but after she became rich she saw that
one dollar would make another, and 1t
dried up the fountain Of her benevo-
lence. Receiving made her narrow
and stingy.
On the diary Of good woman in
New York, who received $4,000 from a
friend. were written the words:
Quick, QUICK, before my heart grows
hard" ST. had been in the habit OF
giving a certain portion of all her
earnings to the Lord and when she
found that she had $4,000 on hand the
temptation was strCng not to give the
same proportion, Tat to keep it for her
own use. She felt the polluting
process begin and FASTENED to coun-
teract it by promptly giving.
Givinq Develops All other Graces.
Giving is a grace. GAS We abound in
everything, in faith and utterance and
knowledge, and in all diligence, and in
vour love to us, see that ye abound in
This grace also" The growth of any
grace will develop other graces, just
~ Gin Vuf1
ALI other sins. GivinT fosters and in
creases love. We love those for whom
we make sacrifices. The mother loves
most tenderly the child for whom she
gives the most sleepless nights. ]
NAV not understand why God first
loved sinners, but after / have seen
Christ on the cross, learned something
of how much God has sacrificed for
ginners, / understand why he loves
them now. II you would attach man
To YOU. do him kindness; IL you
would bind him to you with hooks Of
steel. get him to do you kindness.
Giving makes us cheerful, while re-
ceiving may make man morose and
melancholy Some of the gloomiest,
most forlorn men are those who simply
know how to hold the strings of their
oocket books and keep all they have.
Those who gave their money to the
support of the Telegu mission thought
for 20 years that there was no return,
but the interest came pouring in With
10 600 converts in one year. Dorcas is
Doubtless being surprised in heaven
every day. She is still gathering the
fruits of the sewing society that she
organized for the poor. That widow
who put in the two mites rejoices with
Dorcas in the returns that are still
coming in. 1t will take time and
eternity to exhaust the influence OF
their self-sacrifcing acts.
To Combat Alcoholism.
The temperance movement is max