Christian herald and signs of our times . ered out into the meadowgathering flowers. He had a handful of wildroses, field daisies, ferns, and wild parsnip,whichlie laid in his mothers lap. Do you meanthem all for me, my son ? the mother asked. Yes, and millions more I mean to pick foryou,returned the mother fondly. That is the spirit to have in our giving, re-sumed Mrs. Conrad, addressing Luther Carpen-ter. We dont simply give to the meetinhouse. We are giving to a loving Father whois filling our lives with blessings every day andhour, and after laying all we have before him,it
Christian herald and signs of our times . ered out into the meadowgathering flowers. He had a handful of wildroses, field daisies, ferns, and wild parsnip,whichlie laid in his mothers lap. Do you meanthem all for me, my son ? the mother asked. Yes, and millions more I mean to pick foryou,returned the mother fondly. That is the spirit to have in our giving, re-sumed Mrs. Conrad, addressing Luther Carpen-ter. We dont simply give to the meetinhouse. We are giving to a loving Father whois filling our lives with blessings every day andhour, and after laying all we have before him,it should be our ardent wish to lay millionsmore there. Above all things I think we shouldbeware of the dishonesty of giving when ourhearts do not go with our gifts. What a terri-ble mistake to attempt to deceive God ! Dea-con Foote and Squire Rogers might be led tothink us saints for our liberality, no matterwhat were our motives, but not so with ourFather in Heaven. But there will be no troublewith our motives if wc only dwell more on the. great privilege to have frequent collectionsand appeals and opportunities of giving. It isthe meagre and not the free givers who com-plain of so many calls. Dont say another word, sister Conrad, ex-claimed Luther Carpenter decidedly. Im go-ing to get a motto and hang it over our dining-room table so Mirandy and me can look ontthree times a day and see if we cant be broughtto a different frame of mind on this subject. Isuppose you couldnt guess what that mottowould be ? Law yes,/could, replied his wife would be, God loveth a cheerful giver,and if you hadnt added and me, after • Miran-dy, I wouldnt looked at it once ! EARTHS RE-GENESIS. CoiulitioiiK Md tliara«-t«-risli<-s of Lift- on the RenovatedEarth. BY HKV. GEOBGK C. -M l 1)11 AM. UR planet having to un-dergo, as shown in formerarticles,a purgation by fire,we have now to considerwhat provision is madefor those who pass overinto the restored, and pu-rified earth. We note tha
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