The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17

| twenty places, In numbers never
| equalied before outside OF political
conventions. The largest halls were
| too small to hold the enthusiasts de-
! termined to finance the Kingdom Of
God as they do their own business.
Determinedly they have attacked the
hoary custom Of weekly offerings for
self and yearly offerings for unselfsh-
ness, and advocated the substitute OF
| which this widow woman was q
pioneer.
The weekly envelope has two COM
partments, one for the tax. one for
the gift. The tax goes for church ex-
| penses. The object OF the gift for
other week 1t Is for missions, city,
national or foreign. The alternate
week IT goes for some other benefi-
| cence.
The only objections / have heard to
this plan are:
Flrst-"Its additional expense"
In reality 1000 sets of fifty-two du-
| pick envelopes in each. cost but SIG
more than the other kind.
Second-"Its complexity." One
use OF 1t will make clear its meaning
to the eight-year-old child. The du-
plex system has no duplicity. 1t Is
simplex In all but the name.
Third-"Its arbitrary allotments."
The church officers have carefully
considered all the charities in which
our congregation or any considerable
part Of 1T are interested, and ad-
iusted their proportionate needs. 1t
is a simple matter for anyone who
wishes to give one a larger percentage
than thus allotted and a smaller to
another cause to write over the one
the name of the other. The treas
urer will invariably note the change.
Only be sure to substitute rather than
omit! The most common criticism is
that ''it robs Peter to pay Paul" The
contributor will simply divide into
two what formerly he gave to one.
FOURTH have heard from many
churches who have tested the theories
here expounded. Not one of them
but reports substantial increase in
the amount given for the local
church. One of the largest congre-
cations of our own denomination
which for ten years found itself with
q deficiency each May ] last year. at
the close Of its first use of the two
Offering envelope, had n balance in
the treasury, despite unusual ex-
penses. This is but a sample testi-
mony. the uneXceptional rule. 1t ac-
cords with the law of the kingdom.
there Is that which withholdeth
more than it meet and it tendeth to
poverty"
The fifth objection is possible in
ability to carry out the promise"
Don't dress your charity in widow S
weeds unless YOU are poor as the
widow Of the two "peelings." II so.
give less. Don't stop giving. unless
all income stops. With God, the
value is not in the quantity, but the
quality.
Against these five objections. ]
would array five Of the many bene-
fits:
l. Conservation. At the treasury
Christ beheld how" (not how much
the multitude cast. He wants you to
give. not because He needs it. but be-
cause you need it. Weekly giving Is
an antidote vs.. covetousness. q weekly
reminder Of whose We are and whom
We serve. The nickel piece for which
the poorest of us has a dozen usei
means more to Christ than the super
fluffy Of the rich. although written II
four figures. With the method nov
adopted. the minister Is relieved from
that hateful announcement: The of
fering this morning is for our owl
church support" and from a prayel
which Is largely over his own salary
With the new giving Is the new recog
milton that our field is the world.
2. Committal. 1t is committal t.
principle. Having once gon,
I through the agony OF giving up TO
[ a year to 'the other man" a certain
part Of our income, while the conval
escence may be slow. the acute pail
is over. From that time We are Gus
[ todians of the Lords money. our dut
, being simply to hand 1t out. witt
other causes. apparently OF equa
, worth. we have nothing to do. unles
r our income is suddenly increased
Otherwise We are immune" Som
Lottar person must take care of them
Is TO tne'iaye given all we can in tn
e is such pface compartment. whe
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