There was a little boy, about seven years old, whose name was Willie. His sister was making up a box to send to a Missionary in India. She asked Willie one day, if he wouldn’t like to put some things … Continued
Proverbs 3:27-30 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it … Continued
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There was a miser in Russia, some time ago, who was so rich that he sometimes lent to the Emperor a million of money at a time. He would barely allow himself food enough to live upon. He used to … Continued
Some time ago there was an old miser who lived in England, by the name of Dancer. His income was fifteen thousand dollars a year. Besides this he had immense sums of gold and silver stowed away in different places … Continued
Some years ago there was an excellent minister in France, by the name of Oberlin. One day he was reading in the Old Testament where God told the Jews that he expected them to give a tithe, that is a … Continued
John Wesley, the celebrated Methodist minister, was one of the most generous and liberal Christians that ever lived. When he first began to preach, his salary was thirty pounds a year, in English money, or about a hundred and fifty … Continued
Lady Huntingdon was a noble Christian woman who lived in England some years ago. She was not very rich, considering that she belonged to the nobility. Her income was about six thousand dollars a year. She lived in a very … Continued
One bitter cold night, in the winter of 1873, a Christian widow living in Connecticut was in great distress. Her money was all gone, and she had nothing with which to get food for her family the next day. She … Continued
A missionary lady was telling the story of her work in China. When she finished, a little girl came forward and gave her twelve pennies. “Please,” she said, “I have been saving these pennies and now I want them to … Continued