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THE BRILLIANT LIVES The most brilliant lives have often been those of men of ordinary gifts, who, exerting to the utmost such power as was given them, accomplished more than hundreds of men who were much more bountifully supplied with mental qualifications. • ¿Me. COMMUNION WITH GOD When the first faint breath of morning Stirs the curtains of the night, And the earliest bird awakening Chirps,-—a herald of the light; When the minions of the darkness Fold their tents and steal away, And the last dull streak has vanished In the dawning of the day;. Ere the burden yet is on me,. What a joyful thing to know The Beauty of God’s Presence! And to feel Communion’s glow! In the press and heat of noon day When my work is at its height, And to think beside the issue Is to court Success’s slight; When the race of competition Sets a pace that’s hard to beat. And to meet and turn disaster Seemed a superhuman feat; Just to pause and go in silence Long enough to catch the glow, In the Secret of His Presence, Is the Power of God to know. When Aurora’s long slim fingers Count the jewels of the night, And she trims the Lamp of Heaven To a mellow yellow light; When the day of toil is over, And the vic’try lost or won In the struggle that was ended At the setting of the sun; In the Peace that passeth Knowledge Oh how blest ’twill be to know The Comfort of God’s Presence And to feel Communion’s glow. ELIZABETH M. GRENNAN, Grand Rapids, Mich.
cuse his measly gift by calling it the widow’s mite. The widow’s mites were all she had. When a person gives until they have nothing left they have given the widow’s mite but not until then. If your gift leaves a very comfortable balance on hand you haven’t come within speaking distance of her gift. If we realized we were giving to the Lord Christ and that He is the financial secretary who keeps the records we would be a little more careful in our giving. How ghaU We GJve? “Upon the first day of the week, let everyone of you lay by him in store as God hath prospered him.” (I Cor. 16: 2.) Give REGULARLY. “ Every man according as he purpos- eth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver.” (II Cor. 9:7.) Give CHEERFULLY. “ Give and it shall be given you: good measure, pressed down and shaken to gether, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” (Luke 6:38.) Give LIBERALLY. Did you ever stop to think there might be a connecting link between your gifts and your prayers. The writer of the book of Acts joins the two, “ Thy pray ers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.” (Acts 10:4.) Give PRAYERFULLY. “ He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly, and he that soweth boun tifully shall reap also bountifully.” The way some people give reminds one of Farmer Applegate’s cow. “ How much milk does that cow give?” asked the summer boarder. “ Wal,” replied Farmer Applegate, “ ef you mean by voluntary contribooshun, she don’t give none. But ef ye kin get her cornered so’s she can’t kick none to hurt, an able- bodied man kin take away about Teven quarts a day from her.”
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