Thursday, August 17, 1939.
THE UNION PRESS-COURIER,
THE SOWER
A Weekly Department of Religious
and Secular Thought Contributed
by REV. JAMES A. TURNER,
Pastor, M. E. Church, Patton, Pa.
WHAT A POOR WIDOW DID!
A gentleman called on a well-to-do
some
merchant for a contribution to
charitable object. “Yes I must give my
mite,” sand the man. “Do you mean
the widow's mite?” asked the friend.
“Certainly,” answered the merchant.
“I shall be satisfied with half as much
as she gave,” said the solicitor. “Now,
how much may you be worth?” “Oh,”
said the merchant, “about seventy
thousand dollars.” “Then,” said the
friend, “give me your check for thirty-
five thousand dollars; that will be half
as much as the widow gave, for she
gave, you remember, ‘all that she had,
even all her living.” The man was
quite embarrassed by his proposition;
but he was not the first person who
has tried to shelter himself behind the
widow's mite. It is a dangerous refuge.
“And Jesus sat down over against
the treasury, and beheld how the mul-
titude cast money into the treasury.”
He then called the definite attention
of the disciples to the poor widow and
her act,—making her an object lesson
to all of us.
People gave to the church from a
number of motives. Some gave from
NECESSITY. They feel that they must
They are known to have means. They
could not retain the respect of the com-
munity if they did give occasionally
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test and was prompted by the greatest
love,
She gave more than all the rest, be- | ,
larger | |
cause she had given with a
heart, with more real love; and because
she had given more in proportion to
her possessions.
God still has a treasury opes. And |
he still sits over against the treasury |
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to see how much people give ,in order | i
to know how much they love Him,— |
and their fellowmen ,and the Church |
for which he gave his life. |
Some cail themselves Christians, out |
neither come to church to meet Him. |
nor drop even a coin into the Treas- |
ury. Yet they expect to be called |
Christians and be known as church |
members, and to be blessed by the |
Great Giver of good gifts. They won't |
give, but they expect to be given to
They will enjoy the benefits of the |
church in their community but they |
won't support the church. They want |
something for nothing, and think them- |
selves smart if they can get it—al-
ways a crooked and contemptible |
thing to do.
Cultured and respectable, not to
say Christian people, won't do such a|
thing. They expect to pay their own |
way in life—not to be carried by some |
one else. They give because they love |
Him Who gave His life for them,— |
because He redeemed them and the |
community and the environment in|
which they live, and because they |
love their fellowmen for whom Christ |
died and feel a sense of responsibility. |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox puts the truth
of it in the following lines:
to religion and charity. They feel com- |
pelled to give. The necessity is upon
them. It is not this way that the poor
widow gave.
Some give from a sense of HON-
ESTY. They feel that they ought to
give, that, if they do not give, debt
and dishonor will ensue. Commendable
in some respects as this motive may
be, it is not what controlled the poor
widow in her gift.
Some give from habit acquired in
youth, It is well to have such a habit,
well to teach children and youth such
a habit. This poor widow doubtless had
this good habit from her youth. But
her gift was controlled by a higher
motive still.
Some give from pride and vanity,
sometimes even with the thought of
self-righteousness before God. The
Pharisees blew a trumpet before they
gave.
Thus there are many gifts, some of
vanity, some of pride, some of super-
stition, some of mere custom and ne-
cessity; but the poor widow’s giit was
a VOLUNTARY GIFT OF LOVE AND
JOY. It was that fact that consecrated
it. It was that which stamped a value
on it which nothing else csuld impart.
It is a blessed fact that there are
still such givers who give as a rich
privilege and delight, out of love of
God and his cause.
Christ takes account of motives. He
still sits over against the treasury and
notices how men cast in their gifts,
and by their gifts tests their love to
Himself. Deeds and gifts test men’s
love; men test one another by deeds
and gifts. God tests us and would have
us test Him by our gifts.
unrist aia nc. disparge tne other
gifts thrown into tne treasury box. He
simply indicated their true relative
value. He gave the widow's gift the |
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In the long run all love is paid by
love,
Though undervalued by the hosts of
earth; |
The great eternal government above
Keps strict account and will re-
deem its worth.
Give thy love freely; do not count
the cost;
So beautiful a thing is never lost
In the long run.
PATTON MEHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
James A. Turner, pastor.
Church school at 9 a. m. Preaching
at 10 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Midweek Bi-
ble Class on Wednesday at 7:30.
“Many will say,” said Henry Ward
Beecher, “I can find God without the
help of the Bible, or Church, or Min-
ister.” Very well, do so if you can.
The steamship company would feel no
jealousy of a man who should prefer
to swim to Europe. Let him do it if
he is able, and we will talk absut it
on the other shore: but probably try-
ing to swim would be the thing that
would bring him quickest to the boat.
So God would have no jealously of a
man’s going to heaven without the aid
of the Bible, or Church, or minister;
but let him try to do so, and it will be
the surest way to bring him back to
them for assistance.”
To illustrate this truth,—just look at
the lives of the people who don’t go
to church regularly nor support it with |
their money, their service and their |
prayers. Are their lives any inspiration
to others to go to Heaven! Would you
want to place your beloved children in
the homes of such people to be raised
by them, if you were to be taken out
of the world? Would you like to live in
a community without a church? If not,
—-would there be a church in your |
community if its support depended up-
on you? When were you at church
last? |
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1. Final account of Katherine E.|
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town Trust Co. guardian, and Johns-| Bank & Trust Co., guardian of Barbara
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| Trust Co. and Johnstown Bank & Trust| administrator of Laura Kissell Bur-
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ini i | i illiam F.| Co., guardians of Ruth M. Frick. | ley.
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