dgment,
with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil." Eccl.
12:14.

That will be an awful hour when we are called before the tribunal of God
and there have to unfold to the incomprehensible One our true character.
Oh, what will it be worth in that day to hear him say, "Come, ye blessed
of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of
the world: for I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and
ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye
clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came
unto me." Mat. 25:34-36.

Christian Giving.

The cheerful giving of our worldly goods to help the needy or for the
furtherance of the cause of Christ is a work very commendable in the sight
of the Lord. "But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also
sparingly, and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give, not
grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is
able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, having all sufficiency
in all things, may abound to every good work: as it is written, He hath
dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth
forever." 2 Cor. 9:6-9.

To quote from the writings of a Christian friend will be sufficient on
this subject, we think, to enable the reader to see the beauty and
blessings in giving unto the needy and the cause of Christ as unto the
Lord.

"We find both in prophecy and in the New Testament much about giving. In
Amos, chapter four, we read, 'Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are
in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy,
which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. The Lord God hath
sworn by his holiness.... I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all
your cities, and want of bread in all your places: ... also I have
withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the
harvest.... I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens
and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees increased, the
palmer worm devoured them.... I have sent among you the pestilence, ...
yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.'

"Dear ones, has such been your experience? Have your crops failed in this
manner, and suffered for want of rain? Let us read further: 'R