The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11


is a simple matter for anyone who
wishes to give one larger percentage
! than thus allotted and 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 cit robs Peter to pay Paul Ine
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 III
| the amount given for the local
! church One of the largest congre-
| cations of our own denomination,
j which for ten years found itself with
a deficiency each May l, last year, at
| the close of it's first use of the two
| offering envelope, had balance in
the treasury, despite unusual eX-
penses. This is but sample testi-
mony, the unexceptional rule. 1t &C
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 widows
! weeds unless you are poor as the
widow of the two "peelings. If 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, 1
would array five of the many bene-
fits:
i. Conservation. At the treasury
| Christ beheld chow" (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, weekly
reminder of whose we are and whom
we serve The nickel piece for when
the poorest of us has a dozen uses
! means more to Christ than the super
| fluffy of the rich, although written in
! four figures. With the method now
adopted, the minister is relieved from
| that hateful announcement: The or
| fering this morning is for our own
! church support" and from prayer
which is largely over his own salary.
With the new giving is the new recos-
milton that our field is the world.
T.,
principle. Having once gone
through the agony of giving up for
wear to ''the other man" a certain
part of our income, while the conval-
essence may be slow, the acute pain
is over. From that time we are Gus
todians of the Lords money, our duty
! being simply to hand it out. With
! other causes, apparently of equal
worth, we have nothing to do, unless
our income Is suddenly increased.
| Otherwise we are immune.' Some
other person must take care of them.
If we have given all we can in the
"deacon's fund" compartment, when
| a hard luck story comes to our door,
without a twinge of remorse we can
send the applicant to deacon's care.
8. Comprehension. Every one CIV
ing means every one interested
| Great causes being more frequently
and regularly before you, you Will want
to know more about your frequent IN
vestment A once year ADVERTISE
ment is good. A once week adver-
! tisement that your responsibilities
and privileges are unbounded makes
meaningful your prayer. Thy king
dom come on earth.
4. Consecutiveness. Annual col
| lections are variable as the weather
! and the state of the general health.
They can be and are annually lodged
by otherwise regular worshipers.
| The double envelope is faithful re-
minder to those ill, out of town. or
otherwise absent one Sunday that
their gifts will be expected by the
| Great Head of the Church just the
same. The sinews for the war against
| sin should not depend upon the
! clouds, nor the emotional result from
either a poor presentation of a good
cause or fine presentation of a poor
cause.
5. Convenience. Most people are
paid monthly or weekly. The woman
| who could not give $50 in lump
sum could easily give fifty cents nifty
two times year. One dollar comes
! harder than ten cents a week. In
year, it is only one-fifth as much to
! the cause. If the home church de-
pended upon annual collections Tor
! its support it would be dead.
, Only the inherent energy of mis-
sions keeps missions alive during
| these weary annual Offering years.
While the board knows that a church
will give, because it's foreign mis-
sion Sunday" comes at the end of the
year, while foreign mission expenses
go on all through the year, good
money goes for interest on borrowed
capital to supply this deficiency.
Christ confronts every Christian
with ''send or go! Your money or
/ your life!" Your money is your
life's expression. Our rendering per
head for running expenses is six times
that of our gift to God. l have no
sarcastic comparisons to make. 1 but
say your own thought, These things
ought not so to be-" I announce the
adoption of plan for changing them.
/ remind you that machinery is no
| value without power.