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REV. JOHN E. HUNTER

EVANGELIST

**GOD LOVETH A CHEERFUL GIVER.'*

TORONTO :

wiIvIvIAm: briggs

WESLEY BUILDINGS
MONTREAL : C. W. COAXES. HALIFAX : S. F. HUESTIS.

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PREFACE TO NEW EDITION.

TV TANY excellent books on the subject of SYSTEMATIC
•^'^"*" GIVING have been published, but being somewhat ex-
pensive, there is great difficulty in getting persons to buy and
read them ; consequently Christian people are not educated on
the subject of proportionate giving.

I have prepared this pamphlet that it may be circulated by
the tens of thousands.

About one hundred thousand copies have already been
printed and sold in Canada and the United States by Rev.
William Briggs, of Toronto, Canada.

An American edition has also been published, and is being
largely circulated throughout the Southern States, by Rev J. M.
Pike, Columbia, S.C.

Some ministers have read it to their congregations, while
many others have spoken upon the subject of Christian liber-
ality, and then distributed the pamphlet to the people.

I trust that this new edition may be still more largely circu-
lated and read, and that many more may be inspired to begin
Systematic Beneficence.

I am convinced that the next great "Revival," in all our
churches, will be on this line of Christian Benevolence.

St. Thomas, Ontario,
Jidy, 1900.

JOHN E. HUNTER.

Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand
nine hundred, by William Brioos, at the Department of Agriculture,
Ottawa.

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THE question is often asked, Why should we pay-
or give a definite proportion of our income to
benevolence?

The first and most important reason is, God com-
mands it.

A second reason, it promotes advancement in spirit-
ual life. God promises spiritual blessings to those
who honor Him with material things.

A third reason, it tends to material increase. In
short, it pays. " For thus saith the Lord, Give and
it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed
down, and shaken together, and running over, shall
men give into your bosom."

HRIST
OMMANDS
HRISTIANS TO
ONTRIBUTE.

** Honor the I^ord with thy substance and with the
first-fruits of all thine increase, so shall thy bams
be filled with plenty." The Lord's commands and
promises go together.

Does God at any time lay claim to any portion of
our property ?

Yes. In Deut. x. 14, we read, " Behold the heaven
and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy God, the
earth also, with all that therein is." The gold and

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silver, the cattle upon a thousand hills, the fowls of
the mountains, the wild beasts of the field ; " the
world is mine and the fulness thereof," saith our God.

The possessions we call our own, some one else had
a short time ago, and it is certain some one else will
hold them after we are gone. The millionaires of the
past brought nothing into this world, and they carried
nothing out. Their claim, at best, was but a life-
lease.

In Mark x. 17, 22, in the case of the rich young
ruler, the Saviour asserts His right to demand a part,
or all that we possess, as may be pleasing to Him.
As He is the owner, and we but stewards, surely He
has a right to demand as His wisdom may direct.

The Lord Jesus may not require us to give all, as
He did this young man, but He does command us to
give at least one-tenth of our income back to Him.
This young man was avaricious, he loved the world ;
Christ knew his chief difficulty. The test comes to
every man, ** Come, follow Me.*' He could not part
with his riches. He went away sorrowful. We
never read of His returning. He went away from
Christ, comfort, usefulness, happiness and life. He
returned to his riches, companions, profession, the
world and death. Had this young man obeyed
Christ, he would not have been the loser ; no doubt
his name would have been handed down to us as a
second Paul.

** Scoffers may ask, Where is your gain I
And, mocking, say your work is vain ;
But scoffers die and are forgot,
Work done for God, that dieth not."

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What proportion of our income should we give ?

We believe at least one-tenth. In Lev. xxvii. 80-32,
we read : " And all the tithe of the land, whether of
the seed of the land, or the fruit of the tree, is the
Lord's ; it is holy unto the Lord. And concerning
the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, .... the tenth
shall be holy unto the Lord." In Genesis xiv. 20, we
find God's servant, Abraham, giving a tenth of all.
We find the same promised by Jacob in his memor-
able vow. He was fifteen years of age at the time of
Abraham's death, and knew of Abraham's practice.
Home education is never forgotten. We find the
very first night away from home Jacob made this
vow, "If God will be with me and will keep me,
. . . I will surely give the tenth unto Him." It
is written in Deut. xiv. 22, 29 : " Thou shalt truly
tithe all the increase of thy seed that the field
bringeth forth year by year."

Some may say this only had reference to the old
dispensation. Christ came not to destroy, but to fulfil
the law. He did not repeal the law regarding the
Sabbath, and we have no evidence that He repealed
any law or command regarding the exercise of benevo-
lence.

The law of tithing is not ceremonial ; hence, like
the law of the Sabbath, it still remains in full force,
and needed not that it should be re-enacted in the
New Testament. Christ, however, commended the
law of tithing, for, in Matt, xxiii. 23, when referring
to tithes. He says : " These ought ye to have done."

In discussing this matter, Rev. William Arthur
says: "After summing up the contributions of the

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devout Jew, it is undoubted, that every head of a
family was under religious obligation to give away
at least a fifth of his yearly income. Whether, then,
we take the Old Testament or the New, the lowest
proportion of giving for which we can find any pre-
text or foothold whatever, in command or precedent,
is one-tenth. He who fixes on this fixes on far less
than was required of a Jew. He who gives less than
one-tenth excludes all Scripture instruction and
chooses a standard for which no part of God s Word
offers a justification."

If a tenth were required under the old dispensation,
surely in this new and missionary dispensation that
amount at least is required. We have seen in Matt,
xxiii. 23, that Christ commends the law of tithing.
He says : " These ought ye to have done."

Wesley says we are to get all we can, save all we
can, give all we can. These rules he carried out all
his life. His income at first was thirty pounds a
year ; of this, he applied two pounds in beneficence
The next year his income was sixty pounds; he
confined his expenses to twenty-eight pounds and
gave away thirty-two. As his income increased, he
continued to live on his former allowance. At his
death his property was found to consist of his clothes,
his books, and a carriage. It is computed that he
gave away during his lifetime more than a hundred
thousand dollars.

Mr. Cobb, a young merchant connected with the
Baptist Church in Boston, at the age of twenty-three
drew up and subscribed to the following covenant:
" By the grace of God, I will never be worth more

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than fifty thousand. By the grace of God, I will prive
one-fourth of the net profits of my business to chari-
table and religious uses. If I am ever worth twenty
thousand dollars, I will give one-half of my net
profits ; and if I am ever worth thirty thousand
dollars I will give three-fourths ; and the whole
after fifty thousand dollars." '

Mr. Cobb adhered to this covenant till he had
acquired fifty thousand dollars, after which he gave
all his profits. On his death-bed he said to a friend,
" By the grace of God, I have been enabled under the
influence of these resolutions to give away more than
forty thousand dollars. How good the Lord has been
to me ! "

The closing hours of such a life have more real
happiness in them than all the gold of this world
could purchase.

Many of the great and good of the past, such as
Dr. Hammond, Baxter and Doddridge, each gave one-
tenth ; Watts gave a fifth ; Mrs. Rowe, one-half.

What would you say to those who say, " I am poor ;
hence I cannot aflford to give " ?

The Gospel comes to the poor ; its duties, privileges,
advantages and blessings are all for the poor. In
Mark x. 41-44, we have the account of the poor widow
who cast in her two mites. The loving, compassionate
Saviour, the friend of the poor, instead of reproving,
commends her for so doing ; thus forever establishing
it as a privilege of the poor to cast into the treasury
of the Lord. No one is asked to give what he has
not, but a just proportion of what he receives. The
amount may be small, and he may fail to elicit the

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praise of man; but there is an eye in heaven ever
watchful.

Some years ago a missionary on a foreign station
witnessed, as he thought, a special blessing attending
a yearly donation of twenty dollars. He inquired
from what source it came, and found it was the self-
denying gift of a poor domestic, who was giving
twenty dollars a year from her small earnings.

Another says, " I have a family to support."

True ; but who has cared for you and your family ?
If you were called away, who would take care of
txiem ? Even while you live and do all in your power
for them, they need God's care, provision and protec-
tion. Who but God has helped you in their support
thus far ? On whom will you depend in the future,
but God ? Is it not reasonable that you should
acknowledge His goodness to you and your family
by contributing to His cause as He may prosper
you ?

But do you ask, " What shall I do if I only receive
enough to support my family ? "

Go forth in the path of duty; trust in God; and
with His blessing upon the nine-tenths you will be in
a better position than with all. Doing your duty,
you can then expect God's blessing upon you and
your family. Hear His promise : " He that honoreth
Me, I will honor."

The manna came as the people needed it. God
sent ravens to feed Elijah. He never fails nor for-
sakes those who obey and trust Him. The poor widow
in Elisha's time gave her last crumb of meal and drop
of oil, and was not the loser. She could not have

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afforded to have withheld the meal and oil, though it
was all she had. God's claim was, " Make Me a cake
first; then for thee and thy son." Worldly men
might say, " What an unjust claim. Let her attend
to her family first." If she had done so, probably she
would have starved.

We know that this mptter of "cannot afford it" is
one of the powerful obstacles in the way of tithing.
We will all agree that God never requires what is
unreasonable. He always provides a way of escape
from every apparent diflficulty, if we are faithfully
following in the path of duty. Faith is needed here.
Without faith, Elijah in the time of famine would
have found himself in a very difficult position. But
with faith in God lie was grandly sustained.

Suppose a man says, " God requires one-seventh of
my time, or about fourteen per cent. Now, I am poor,
have a large family and a small income; I cannot
afford to give Him so much of my time, so I must
work on the Sunday."

Any person may easily see the folly and danger of
such reasoning. We should ever remember that the
same God who laid down the rule regarding the
Sabbath, has given us equally clear directions regard-
ing our contributions. Who has ever known even
the poorest suffer because he honored God by ob-
serving the Sabbath, and who has ever known any
real Christian suffer because he honored God with his
substance ?

Does the same rule apply to the poor as to the
rich?

We believe the same rule applies to all. Some may

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say, " It is burdensome tx) the poor." Nothing that
God requires of His obedient children will be felt to
be a burden. " His burden is light." In view of all
the promises God has given to those who honor Him
with their substance, we dare not speak as some do
of this duty being a burden. God, who owns the
universe and cares for all His children, will make it
a joy and a blessing to all who, from pure and holy
motives, faithfully perform His bidding. When have
God's faithful, consecrated servants, even the poor-
est, ever found any part of His service a burden ?
We could give abundant testimony from many of
God's poorest children, that after adopting and
faithfully observing this rule of giving a tenth,
they enjoyed unprecedented spiritual and temporal
prosperity.

How about the rich ?

Some think they ought to give more, and so we
think they will if actuated by the spirit of Jesus.
The Jew, starting with the tenth, gave until in some
cases he reached probably the half. Each one of us
should give one tenth, for that is a debt ; and, after
that, the rich have the privilege of giving what the
Bible calls, ''free-will offerings." "Free-will offer-
ings " are as often enjoined as are " tithes."

If a person has run behind in business, or has no
income for the year, what shall he do ?

He has nothing to tithe, but he still should avail
himself of the privilege of recognizing God by '^ free-
will offerings"

Does the tithe system apply to those who are
unconverted, or only to Christians ?

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God has one law of right for saint and sinner.
Our obligations are divine. God blessed the heathens
who dealt kindly by Israel. Giving results in good
to the donor.

Does one say, " Suppose I am in debt ? "

This cannot be a valid objection. You find that
many men have attained wealth by going in debt.
God's claim comes first ; that is the first debt. We
are to honor Him with the first-fruits; the tenth
should be put aside first. Men might escape God's
claims altogether by keeping in debt. For instance,
a man buys a farm, house, or other property, and can
only pay half, can he justly say, I will give nothing
to the cause of God till the balance is paid? Cer-
tainly not. In the light of Scripture let us ask why
many are in debt. Read prayerfully Haggai i. 5 :
" Thus saith the Lord, consider your ways. Ye have
sown much and bring in little. . . . and he that
earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag
with holes." Again we read : " There is that with-
holdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty."

The Israelites thought they could not afibrd to pay
what God exacted, and so for many years omitted
doing so. Did it pay them ? Hear what God said :
" Ye are cursed with a curse : for ye have robbed Me,
even this whole nation." Mai. iii. 9.

The Lord directed Israel to let the land rest every
seventh year. They thought this would not pay, and
so ignored God's direction. How did they fare ?
Read Lev. xxvi. 33, 35 : " I will scatter you among the
heathen, . . . and your land shall be desolate.
. . . Then shall the land rest and enjoy her

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Sabbaths. As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest ;
because it did not rest in your Sabbaths, when ye
dwelt upon it."

This prophecy was literally fulfilled. Israel had
neglected God's command from Saul to the Baby-
lonish captivity, which was four hundred and ninety
years — i.e., seventy Sabbaths of years. They were in
consequence sent into seventy years' captivity, during
which time the land rested. They might better have
obeyed and allowed the land to rest every seventh
year, than to be compelled to pay the exact amount
and endure the captivity by way of interest. It does
not pay to try and cheat God.

The Kev. Mr. M gave me the following inci-
dent : " On one of my circuits I had a steward, a very
wealthy man. He thought he was giving more than
his share to the support of God's cause, and to avoid
giving he resigned his stewardship. I tried to dis-
suade him, but he was determined, and so resigned.
Soon after, his mill-dam was swept away, causing
him serious loss ; and not long after his shingle mill
was destroyed. Coming to me, he said, * I want you
to reappoint me as steward. He found it did not
pay to withhold from God."

It is God's blessing that maketh rich. Giving
brings increase of worldly prosperity. God has
joined these two together in all ages, viz., pajnnent
of tithes and the blessing of God. Read such prom-
ises as Ps. xli. 1 ; Ps. xxxvii. 3 ; Proy. iii. 6 ; Prov.
xix. 17; Isa. Iviii. 10; Mai. iii. 10; Luke vi. 38.
Money given to God is seed money. Paul says, " He
that soweth sparingly shall also reap sparingly." I

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have often wondered what God will do with small-
souled professing Christians. The Bible says : " The
liberal soul shall be made fat." Certainly, then, the
stingy soul shall become lean.

I am convinced that the next great revival in all
our churches will be on this line of systematic
giving. The gates of Japan, China and India, and
other parts of the world, are wide open, and we hear
the call, " Come over and help us." Consecrated men
and women are saying, " Here am I, send me." But
the answer comes, " We have no money." May God
open our eyes. " The fields are white unto the har-
vest." We may not be able to go ourselves, but
some may go^ some may help go, and others may let
go. Oh, for a baptism of Christ-like giving ! Every
dollar of the Lord's tithe money, when given to Him
becomes a seed that will bring forth a harvest of
blessing.

An old gentleman, who had been a wealthy mer-
chant, had failed in business, and was now in reduced
circumstances. Going out one evening with two
guineas, he saw a crowd of people going in a certain
direction, and, passing along with the crowd, he soon
found himself in a missionary meeting. The first
speaker touched the old man's head, and he thought,
" I wish I had one of the guineas changed ; I would
help send the Gospel to the heathen." The second
speaker touched the old man's heart, and he said, *' If
I only had some change, I would give it to the sup-
port of this good cause." The third speaker touched
not only the old man's head and heart, but his purse.
As the speaker appealed to the people to give, assuring

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them that God would return it to them, he said,
" If you would give a guinea, God would return it to
you tenfold.*' " There," said the old man, " he means
me." As the plate came near he thought, " What
shall I do ? Shall I venture? " On went the guinea.

Coming home later than usual, said Betty, his wife,
*' Where have you been, John ? "

" I have been to a missionary meeting."

" I hope you did not give anything."

" Yes, wife, I gave one of the guineas."

She went for him as a woman only can.

" Never mind," said John, " the minister said if we
would give a guinea it would be returned to us ten-
fold."

Some days after, as John was going down the
street, he met a man, who recognized him, and said :
" I have been looking for you ; years ago, when in
your employ, I misappropriated this amount to myself.
I have been converted, and wish to make restitution.
Take this, it belongs to you."

Rushing home, the old man threw down the money,
saying, '* Good wife, the words of the minister have
come true."

Said Betty : " John, John, you fool ; why did you
not give the other ? "

You may smile at this, but one thing is certain :
God is debtor to no man. " That which he giveth
shall He pay him again."

Every dollar withheld carries with it the curse of
the Almighty. Money withheld from God, like
Achan s gold wedge, like the treasure of Ananias
and Sapphira, carries destruction with it. A little

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such money retained in a fortune destroys it. Many a
princely fortune has crumbled into the dust because
God's tithe money, wrongfully withheld, was in it.

I entreat you, not only for your own sake, but that
of your family, and by the challenge of God to you
personally, pay your tithes to that God who has not
only promised to bless you, but who has bestowed
upon you so many blessings.

"Not more than others we deserve,
Yet God has given us more."

We would also suggest that each one, who may be
able to do so, adopt a definite scale of free-will offer-
ings that may be acceptable to God and worthy of
imitation. We would recommend* the following scale :

Till you are worth $10,000, give 10 per cent.

From $10,000 to $16,000, 20 per cent.

From $15,000 to $20,000, 30 per cent.

From $20,000 to $25,000, 40 per cent.

From $25,000 to $30,000, 50 per cent.

From $30,000, give all above expenses.

Many may not wish to fput the sum as high as
$30,000, while others, such as some merchants, manu-
facturers, shippers, contractors, etc., may need to put
the maximum amount at $50,000 or $100,000, and in
a few cases even higher. Let each one have a definite
scale, and have the joy and satisfaction of being his
or her own executor.

We might add that the rule of Mr. Crossley and
myself is, we give to benevolent objects 10 per cent,
as a tithe and 10 per cent, as a free-will offering, or,
in other words, 20 per cent, of our income till we

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reach the capital account of $10,000; and after that,
if we ever reach that amount, we will give all above
expenses.

Let me now request you to consider more fully the
advantages of systematically giving of tithes and
free-will offerings to the cause of God.

1. Our own religious experience will be enriched.
It will become to you a means of grace. Ten years
ago (1886) Mr. Crossley and myself felt that we
ought to give more than one-tenth, and so, after
much thought and prayer, we decided to give one-
fifth, or 20 per cent., of our income to benevolence.
We had no thought of gain, but felt it to be our duty
and privilege. From that time our influence for good
was increased and* our religious experience was en-
riched. Not only so, but our income was more than
doubled, and has continued so to this day. You could
not induce us to go back to the giving of one-tenth.
We have proven, and are proving in our experience
day by day, " it is more blessed to give than to
receive."

It has become such a delightful privilege to give.
Having taken it out of the realm of the secular ^nd
placed it where God intended, among the delightful
privileges, it is invested with peculiar charms ; in-
stead of dreading it, we delight in it.

We do not press upon others the giving of 20 per
cent., but we do claim that it is the duty of all, saint
and sinner, to give one-tenth of their income to God.
The adoption of this system leads to a holier life and
growth in all Christian graces.

2. This system would have a beneficial influence

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upon your family. Children are quick to discern
sham and fraud. To hear father sing,

** Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small ;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all,"

and then see him give grudgingly a mere trifle to help
on the cause of God, they naturally conclude there is
something wrong. Hovt often parents spend large
sums of mone;' for things that are useless, and, in
some cases, injurious, and yet will seldom, if ever,
spend a dollar for a good book, a religious paper, or
any good cause.

We often see parents over-anxious to lay up wealth
for tneir children, which may prove a curse instead
of a blessing to them. If you wish to see your son
sink, throw him out on this world with twenty or
thirty thousand dollars around his neck ; and then, if
he does not go to ruin, it will not be your fault.

A thousand times I have thanked God that my
father was not a wealthy man.

What did you start wi ? You say, nothing.
What have you now ? You say, ten, twenty, thirty,
or forty thousand dollars. Is your son such a poor
specimen of humanity, so much inferior to you, that
he could not earn for himself a living ?

Many of the grandest men we have are those who
had to blaze their own way and hew out their own
fortunes.

How often parents withhold from God to leave a
large amount to an ungrateful son, who would have
been much better if his entire fortune had been an

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axe or an ox-goad. In how many cases the hard-
earned money, much of it dishonestly withheld from
God, has proved a mill-stone to send children to per-
dition. There are multitudes of young men to-day
who see that their fathers are hoarding up large sums
of money that must in all probability fall into their
hands soon. No need for them to work ; " the old
man," as they call him, will soon be gone.

We have heard persons speak of men robbing their
families by giving to God's cause. I have never
known them, but I have known men who have
injured their families by robbing God.

Who could not give many such cases as the follow-
ing ? Mr. T , a friend of mine, gave me this

instance : I was soliciting subscriptions for the Bible
Society. I called on one of the rich men of the town
and asked him for a subscription. He said, ^' I am
done giving to the church or anything of that kind.
I made a vow the first day of this year that I would
not give one cent to the church or anything." He
held on to his treasure for about two years, when death
loosened his grasp, and he died without hope, leaving
over thirty thousand dollars to his family. One of
his sons, inside of a year after his father's death, had
spent over eight thousand dollars, and to-day is a
poor drunkard, his wife having to support herself and
family. The other son has just failed in business.

Who are the wealthy men of to-day ? As a rule
they are not the sons of rich men. Give your children
an education and a start in life. If they are of any
account, they will succeed; if they are not, your
money will be a curse to them.

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" There is a burden of care in getting riches, fear in
keeping them, temptation in using them, guilt in
abusing them, sorrow in losing them, and account at
last to be given concerning them."

A hoarder of gold is a fool twice told. Gathering
riches is like gathering nuts — you scratch your hands
getting them and break your teeth in cracking them.
Money is like manure — it is no good until it is spread
out.

Do you say, " Money makes the mare go ? " Yes ;
but it depends where she goes. If she throws your
son into the gutter, you are responsible — here and at
the judgment.

Consider the following

MOTTOES :

The vain man's motto is, win gold and wear it.
The miser's motto is, win gold and spare it.
The kind man's motto is, win gold and share it.
The profligate's motto is, win gold and spend it.
The usurer's motto is, win gold and lend it.
The fool's motto is, win gold and end it.
The wise man's motto is, win gold and give it.
The Christian's motto is, be gold and live it.

One has said, " What I gave I saved ; and what I
saved I lost."

3. By systematically giving, there will result untold
benefit to the Church. First, in her increased influ-
ence for good. Secondly, in the increased means at
her disposal for the work of God. It is said by Rev.
Andrew Fuller that there was in his church great
spiritual dearth. All efforts for increased spiritual

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life appeared to be in vain. At length he succeeded
in interesting his people in works of benevolence, and
soon great spiritual blessings came upon the people.
Thirdly, the Church would be saved many question-
able methods of raising money. Look at the char-
acter of many of the entertainments the Church often
resorts to in order to secure money. The Church, not
willing to accept God's plan, has undertaken to get
the world to help them. Of course, they must please
the world ; if not, the world might not come up to
the help of the Church against the mighty debt.
Think of professing Christians engaging a noted
comedian to give a drama or cheap theatrical that
will bring down the house 1 I do not say that all
tea- meetings and church entertainments are of this
class, but too many of them have been a sad reproach
to our holy Christianity. See the Church of God
gambling for a cane, raffling ring cakes, indulging
in neck- tie socials and grab-bags, and these miserable
election cakes. We have seen the spiritual life of the
Church dwindle and die out when these things have
prevailed.

How could the Holy Ghost be content to remain
and countenance such things ? We are encouraged
to believe a change for the better is taking place.
When the Church of Jesus Christ comes to recognize
her privilege and duty in this matter, I am convinced
such methods as the above will not be tolerated.

4. Temporal prosperity may also be expected to
follow the giving of a tenth to God. ** Trust in the
Lord and do good, so shalt thou dwell in the land, and
verily thou shalt be fed." " Blessed is he that consid-

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ereth the poor ; the Lord will deliver him in time of
trouble." " He that j^iveth to the poor lendeth unto
the Lord, and that which he hath given will Ho pay
him again."

A layman, in the United States, has sent out an
excellent tract on the subject of "Christian Givint^."
He states that the question has been proposed to a
vast number of people : " Have you ever known any
exception to the rule that God prospers in their tem-
poral affairs those who honor Him by setting apart
one-tenth of their income to His service ?" He says,
in answer to this question, " No conflicting testimony
worthy of the name has been received." He gives a
large number of the replies received, a few of which
I insert here :

" I have an uncle, who, until he decided to give
systematically one-tenth of his income, was in strait-
ened circumstances. For several years of late, giving
as above, he has been greatly prospered spiritually,
and especially financially. He is now quite inde-
pendent."

" In a former charge I had one member who gave
a tenth of all to the Lord, and to-day he is worth
forty thousand dollars. When I first became ac-
quainted with him, twenty years ago, he was worth
perhaps two thousand dollars. He is a farmer."

" More than twelve years ago my wife and I deter-
mined to pay to the Lord one-tenth of our income.
We began when our salary was very small, yet we
were always able to restore to God his own. We
have been blessed both temporally and spiritually.
Paying has been a means of grace equal to praying

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or any other form of worship. We began because we
saw it. was a duty; we continue it for the same
reason, and because the divine blessing flows more
freely through this channel than any other in our
experience."

" Proportionate giving, as it has passed under my
observation, has been in every instance attended with
prosperity — I may say, with double prosperity. The
givers have prospered in worldly goods and also in
spiritual life."

" I had a young man in my church the first year I
came here who tithed his income, and has been greatly
blessed in it. He is getting rich."

"One brother in my charge made a written con-
tract that he would give the Lord one-tenth of his
annual income. He was poor then; he now gives
hundreds of dollars annually."

" I know a few who for years have practised this
system ; every one, without a 8 ingle exception, has
been prospered, not only blessed spiritually, but has
been abundantly blessed in worldly property. I have
been personally acquainted with three men, from boy-
hood, and who are now about fifty years old ; one of
these men has all his life been practising a system
similar to that set forth in the tract. Another would
give when pressed, and then as small an amount as
possible. The third was opposed to giving in any
shape, his policy was to let the country take care of
the poor. These men started with equal advantages.
The first, who delighted to give of the Lord's money
has now a good home, in good circumstances, with a
respectable Christian family. The second is doing

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but little good for himself or anybody. The third
has gone down with a miserable family."

I could give my own experience, which has been
very satisfactory in this matter, as well as the experi-
ence of some of my brethren in the ministry and of
numbers out of the ministry, all proving that God
fulfils all His promises in this matter, and abundantly
blesses in temporal matters those who from pure
motives honor Him with their substance.

The Rev. William Arthur, M. A., says : " The habit
of statedly giving first-fruits of all you receive tends
to prosperity by the double force of a natural means
and a divine blessing. As a natural means it produces
habits of order and economy."

How many have proved that "The blessing of tiie
Lord, it maketh rich ? "

A STORY OF TITHES.

Many years ago a lad of sixteen years left home to
seek his fortune. All his worldly possessions were
tied up in a bundle, which he carried in his hand.
As he trudged along he mel an old neighbor, the
captain of a canal boat, and the following conver-
sation took place, which changed the current of the
boy's life :

" Well, William, where are you going ?"

" I don't know," he answered. *' Father is too poor
to keep me at home any longer, and says I must now
make a living for myself."

" There's no trouble about that," said the captain.
** Be sure you start right, and you'll get along finely."

William told his friend that the only trade he

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knew anything about was soap and candle making,
at which he had helped his father while at home.

" Well," said the old man, " let me pray with you
once more, and give you a little advice, and then I
will let you go."

They both knelt upon the tow-path. The old man
prayed earnestly for William, and this advice was
given :

" Some one will soon be the leading soap maker in
New York. It can be you as well as any one. I
hope it may. Be a good man ; give your heart to
Christ; give the Lord all that belongs to Him of
every dollar you earn ; make an honest soap ; give a
full pound ; and I am certain you will yet be a great
good and rich man."

When he arrived in the city he found it hard to
get work. Lonesome and far from home, he remem-
bered his mother's words and the last words of the
canal-boat captain. He was then and there led to
" seek first the kingdom of God and His righteous-
ness." He united with the Church. He remembered
his promise to the old captain. The first dollar he
earned brought up the question of the Lord's part.
He looked into the Bible, and found the Jews were
commanded to give one-tenth; so he said, "If the
Lord will take one-tenth, I will give that ; " and so
he did. Ten cents of every dollar were sacred to the
Lord.

After a few years both partners of the firm with
which he was engaged died, and William came to be
the sole owner of the business. He now resolved to
keep his promise to the old captain. He made an

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honest soap, gave a full pound, and instructed his
book-keeper to open an account with the Lord and
carry one-tenth of his income to that account. He
was prosperous; his business grew; his family was
blessed ; his soap sold, and he grew rich faster than
he had ever hoped. He then decided to give the
Lord two-tenths. He prospered more than ever.
Then he gave three-tenths, then four-tenths, then
five-tenths. He then educated his family, settled all
his plans for life, and told the Lord he would give
Him all his income. He prospered more than ever.

This is the true story of Mr. Colgate, who has
given millions of dollars to the Lord's cause, and left
a name that will never die.

Those who truly honor God with their substance,
be it small or great, God, according to promise, honors
and prospers. Pro v. iii. 9, 10. Let me give you another
interesting and striking example of this truth :

Over a century ago a servant girl married a young
weaver. By hard work and industry they in time
saved enough to buy a little home. The morning
they moved to their own house the young wife knelt
in the front- door yard and made this vow : " Lord,
if Thou will bless me in this place, the poor shall
have a share of it." The Lord did bless them, and
that consecration vow was carried out by husband
and wife, and has been carried out by their children
and children's children to this day. Prosperity and
honors have ever been theirs. Four thousand hands
are now in their factories. Besides thousands of
other gifts, they built dwelling-houses for the poor,
presented a great park to the city of Halifax,

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England, endowed an orphanage and two alms-houses.
Who has not heard of the wealth, the carpets, the
liberality, and the good works of the Crossleys, of
England ?

Will not every man, woman, and youth who reads
these pages resolve to begin at once to give at least
one-tenth to benevolence of all he or she receives,
and continue to do so throughout life ?

If I determine to give one-tenth of my income to
benevolence, how shall I ascertain the amount ?

The professional man will have little difficulty. It
is one-tenth of his entire income. Say he receives a
salary of one thousand dollars or five hundred. In
the first case, he would put aside one hundred dollars ;
in the second, fifty dollars should go into the treasury
of the Lord.

Should ministers tithe their incomes ? " Yes. The
same as others do. What if my salary is not paid in
full ? Tithe what you receive. Should I take out
anything for family expenses ? No ; you might
spend all on your family, and have nothing left for
charitable or religious objects. Should I deduct
board ? No.

In the case of a business man it is your entire
income, less your business expenses — not your per-
sonal or family expenses. Should I deduct insurance
from my gross income before tithing ? If on your
household property, no; if on your business pro-
perty, your goods or stock in business, yes, as that
comes under the head of your business expenses ; if
on your life, no ; taxes, on household property, no ; if
on business property, yes; house rent, if for your

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business, yes; if your dwelling, no; interest, if on
money borrowed in your business, yes ; if personal,
no.

Suppose I am a farmer ?

A little difficulty may arise in his case. How will
a farmer determine his income in such a way as to
tithe the amount ? You are to take all money you
receive from the products of your farm, the cash
value of all your family consumes, and also the cash
value of all you obtain by barter or exchange. From
this gross amount it is fair to deduct, before tithing,
all money paid for hired help, and also whatever
interest you pay on balance due on your farm. But
it is not fair to deduct interest on anything c? -^ you
may owe. Suppose my lands and stock increase in
value ? Take account as you sell them, or part of
them. Tithe the price you receive. Suppose I
exchange the products of my farm for articles other
than money, what then ?

Estimate the cash value of what you receive and
put aside one-tenth ; keep books of account. This of
itself would be a great blessing to many. In these
accounts take careful note of all expenditure for rent,
seed, implements, labor, etc., such as is needful. Then
on the other side keep a careful estimate of all receipts
from the farm, including an estimate of all that is
used by your family, and then the difference will be
the amount to be tithed. Suppose the sales of pro-
duce to be one thousand dollars, value of produce,
etc., used by the family five hundred dollars, we then
have one thousand five hundred dollars. Supposing
rent, seed, labor etc., to be six hundred dollars, we

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have then nine hundred dollars to be tithed, which
will leave the amount due the Lord ninety dollars.

What shall we say concerning the one who dis-
regards what we have seen to be the plain teaching
of God's Word in this matter ?

First, he loses the blessings promised to the cheer-
ful giver. " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth.
There is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it
tendeth to poverty."

Secondly, he exposes himself to the malediction of

the Almighty, as indicated in such passages as Mai.

iii. 8, 9 : " Will a man rob God ? Yet ye have robbed

me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed Thee ? In

tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse : for

ye have robbed Me, even this whole nation.*' Here

we see the

OBBER— MAN.

OBBED^GOD.

OBBERY— TITHES.

We must all plead guilty before God. We liave
robbed Him of our affection, consecration, gratitude,
service, and money.

Thirdly, he hinders answers to prayers. God says
to us, " Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse,
that there may be meat in Mine house, and prove Me
herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open
you the windows of heaven and pour you out a bless-
ing that there shall not be room enough to receive it."
If we will but test, we will find that " He is faithful
that promised." His Word cannot be broken.

On one of my circuits, when an appeal was made
for the Relief and Extension Fund of the Methodist

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Church, to enable the Church to carry out some
scheme on the line of missions, we were in the midst
of a gracious revival. The people gave cheerfully.
Among them a widow said, "I. give this hundred
dollars, and as I do so I ask you to join with me in
prayer for the conversion of my son." Though her
boy was over a hundred miles away, the prayers of
that mother and the united prayers of God's people
reached his heart, and it was found afterwards that
he had been converted that week, if not that very
day. She put God to the test, and found He was
faithful to His promise. Go thou and do likewise, ye
who have been robbing God for years by keeping
back His tenth ; bring your tithes to God, and as you
lay it upon His altar ask Him to save your children.
Then and then only can you say, " I have done my
duty to my God and to my family." A minister
states that a lady of his church, on the death of her
husband, adopted the rule of giving one- tenth of her
income to God, and not only had she been blessed
personally, but all her seven children seemed to be
the objects of divine favor. ti

Does one say, "I am tired giving. There are so
many calls ; it is give, give ! I am done giving."

Will you tell your heavenly Fataer that ? What
if He should say to you, I am tired giving ; I am
done giving. How can we receive so many good
things from the hand of God and never return
thanks, I cannot understand. Mr. Ray returned to
his house, having refused a call for needed help,
with the answer, unkindly given, " I am tired giving ;
there are so many calls ; I am done giving." In his

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luxuriously furnished home he sat down, and, being
wearied, he soon fell asleep. But it was a troubled
sleep. He dreamed that a person approached him,
asking help for the Missionary Society. He firmly
refused, saying he was done giving. He was
approached by a number of others, and although
he could not deny that the claims were worthy
of his support, yet all were denied in the same
manner. One tarried, and, fixing a kind look upon
him, said : " Mr. Ray, when you felt your sin press-
ing upon you, to whom did you go for pardon ? "
Said he, " I went to God." " When your wife, as you,
believed, was dying, to whom did you go ? " "I went
to God." " When trouble and sorrow came upon you,
to whom did you go ? " "I went to God." " Now,"
said he to Mr. Ray, " will you make an agreement
with the Almighty never to ask anything from Him
again if He will never ask anything from you ? " He
awoke, glad to know it was but a dream.

Some might ask, " Is there not danger of acting
from impure motives, of giving merely from a hope
of getting more in return ? "

Perhaps so, but the same danger exists in every
department of Christian duty. Godliness and honor-
ing our parents, are also accompanied with promises
of good in this life. As well might we say, avoid
these things lest we might be influenced by impure
motives. God gives grace to His children to purify
their motives. Let us thank Him for the temporal
blessings promised and so richly bestowed. Do not
hesitate to pray God's blessing upon your temporal
affairs. God is interested in every step of a good

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man. Daily ask for the promised wisdom, that you
may be guided in all your duties. Do not separate
your business, daily labor, or profession, from your
religion. How often we hear men say, " Business is
business.** No, business is religion. Religion is not
a department of business ; it is business itself.

Pay the tenth for the same reason that you observe
the Sabbath — because it is God's law. You do not
keep the Sabbath to get rich or make money, neither
should you pay the tenth for this purpose. Yet you
know you are better off in your temporal affairs by
keeping the Sabbath, and all who have ever tried it
are uniform in their testimony that paying a tenth
brings God's blessing upon them.

Many who say, I cannot afford to give, can afford
to spend considerable sums for very questionable
Items, such as liquor, tobacco, and worldly amuse-
ments. Think of the money that is worse than
wasted by Christian people ! What a vast sum, for
example, is wasted every year in tobacco ? It is
estimated that the members of Christian churches in
Canada and the United States spend as much in one
year in tobacco, as the whole Christian Church
throughout the world contributes for the support
of foreign missions — namely, over ten millions. This
is appalling in the light of the great needs of the pre-
sent hour and in view of the obligations resting upon
us. Let us go forth, consecrating ourselves and our
property to the service of Christ. God's claims are
upon us. The reckoning day is coming, and money
wasted now will bear witness against us.

The proper question for us to ask, is, " Can we
afford to neglect to pay tithes ? **

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Certainly not ; for who can afford to disobey God ?

And now, my friend, let us ask ourselves, "Am I
doing my duty ? " The master has intrusted talents
to us. Our time, talents, opportunities, and money
must be accounted for. How shall we appear at the
judgment ? Can we say, " I have done what I
could ? " Would the master say, " Thou hast been
faithful, enter into the joy of thy Lord ? " What we
do must be done quickly ; time flies ; eternity is just
at hand. The world where we shall live for ever will
soon open to our view. We must soon give an
account of our stewardship.

I have no fear if you will take this subject into
your room and on your knees before the throne of
grace, say, " Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do ? "
You will come forth with new and holy aims and a
serene joy in your hearts.

Remember the time when Christ in His boundless
love ana mercy saved you. Trace His mercies to
the present hour, then ask, "What shall I render
unto the Lord for all His benefits ? "

Think prayerfully over the foregoing and sign the
following pledge :

PLEDGE.

/ hereby promise j God helping me, to contribute
One-Tenth of my income to Religious and Benevo-
lent Objects for the year 19 '

Name

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BIBLE RULES FOR GIVING.

1. Giving something.

*' They shall not appear before the Lord empty."

JDeut. xvi. 16.

2. Give willingly.

*' If there be firs willing mind," etc. — 2 Cor. viii. 12.

3. Give according to ability. '

*' It is accepted according to that a man hath."

—2 Cor. viii. 12.

4. Give regularly.

"Upon the first day of the week," etc. — 1 Cor. xvi. 2.

5. Give systematically.

"He which soweth bountifully, shall reap also bounti-
fully." —2 Cor. ix. 6.

0. Give judiciously.

"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God," etc.

— James i. 5.
7. Give cheerfully.

" God loveth a cheerful giver." — 2 Cor. ix. 7.

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BIBLE MOTIVES FOR GIVING.

1. Because it is commanded.

" Bring ye all the tithes," etc. — Mai. iii. 10.

2. Because we are stewards.

*' It is required in stewards that a man be found faith-
ful. —1 C<yr. iv. 2.

3. Because of the promise of present good.

" Give and it shall be given unto you," etc. — Luke vi. 38.

4. Because of the promise of future reward.

"Laying up in store for themselves," etc.

—1 Tim. vi. 17-19.

5. Because of the happiness it brings.

" It is more blessed to give than to receive."

— Acts XX. 35.

6. r>ecause giving is a grace.

" See that ye abound in this grace also." — 2 Cor. viii. 7.

7. Because of Chri9t's example, by which this grace is en-

forced.
"Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that,
though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became
poor," etc. — 2 Cor. viii. 9.

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TO WHAT SHALL I GIVE 1

1. Give to the erection of Ohurches,

2. Give to Ministerial Support.

3. Give to Missionary and Superannuation Fundi.

4. Give to Oolleges and Educational Work.

5. Give to Sabbath Schools and Bible Societies.

6. Give to the Poor and Benevolent Institutions.

7. Give Religious Books, Tracts and Papers.

SUGGESTIONS ABOUT YOUR WILL.

Leave a certain amount to your children and friends, as you
may deem wise and right, and the balance to the cause of ChrisL
and humanity. We should be conrsistent and set a worthy
example during life and at death.

Some give little during their live*^, and, in their wills, leave
large amounts to hospitals, colleges, churches, etc., but they are
not honored, and people say, ** No thanks to them ; they could
not take it with them. "

On the other hand, we know instances where persons, during
their lives, because of their good deeds, were deservedly
honored, and their names used as an example and inspiration
to others ; but when their wills were re^. I, and it was seen that
the Church and humanity were almost entirely lefc out, they
went down in the estimation of the people, and their names
dare hardly be mentioned.

No person can afford to be close or penurious in life, or leave
the cause of Christ out of his or her will. Make your will now
in the light of eternity, for you cannot come back to earth to
change it. Let us leave such a monument behind us that we
shall be in " everlasting remembrance. "

MAKE YOUR WILL WHILE IN HEALTH.

That any person, without lawyer or fee, may write his or her
own will, I shall insert a form of will for your guidance.

A Legal Form of Wdl.

This \» the last will and testament of me,

, of , in the County of

and Province of ,

made this day of

in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred

I revoke all former wills or other testamentary dispositions
by me at any time heretofore made, and declare this to be my
last will and testament.

I direct all my just debts, funeral, and testamentary ex-
penses to be paid and satisfied by my executors, hereafter
named, as soon as conveniently may be after my decrease.

I give, devise and bequeath all my real and personal estate,
of which I may die possessed of or interested in, in the manner
following, that is to say :

To etc., (Here follows bequests to family, relations, friends,
benefactors, churches, benevolent institutions, missionary and
other societies, colleges, etc., etc.)

And I nominate and appoint (enter here the names of three
persons) to be the executors of this my last will and testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and
year first above written.

** Signed, published and declared'
by the said , the

testator, as and for his last will
and testament in the presence of
us both, who, present together at
the same time in his presence, at
his request, and in the presence
of each other, have hereunto,
at i subscribed

our names as witnesses.

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A HUNDRED YEARS TO COME.

H. L. Spsrckr.

H. T. Crossley.

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Who'll press for gold yon crowd ■ ed street A
We all with - in our graves shall sleep A

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The flow'rs that now in beau • ty spring, A
Who'll tread this church with will - ing feet A
No liv • ing soul for us will weep A

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The ros - y lips, the lof • ty brow, The heart that beats so gai - ly now.
Pale, trembling age, and fier - y youth. And childhood with its heart of truth,
But oth - er men our lands will till. And oth - ers then our streets will fill.

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The rich, the poor, on land and sea. Where will the migh-ty mil - lions be
While oth - er birds will sing as gay. And bright the sun shine as to-day.

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