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MISERLY ALMS-GIVING.I

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MISERLY ALMS-GIVING. I TO THE b'r>—I read with astonishment in your la-t week's issue that tho collection on Sunday morn- ing at the Cathedral for the iBlue Coat School amounted to only £17. 13s. 6d. mere, I wonder, were the wealthy people? From the appearance of the congregation, they were in the Cathedral, from the remount collected, 1 v. ou'd appear they wero absent. Does not om. magnificeut Cathe- dral, handed down to us through the splendid generosity and self-sacrifice 01 our forefathers, put to shame the niggardly habits of the present generation in respect to alms-giving? Do not our Nonconformist brethren alee .-of, us an example in this matter, which we are slow to the sum contributed by a congregation number- ing hundreds, at which, to all appearance, very few poor people were present. The average amount given by each person must- have been about 2d.. or perhaps 3d. Compare this with the money the very same persond would pay for a visit to the thea.tro, a concerts a ball, to say nothing of new clothes. A shilling would oe tine very lowest price tor a seat at the theatre (mct of those in the Cathedral would scorn seats at that price); 5a. for front seats at a conce-t: 7s. 6d. for a dance ticket—these sums are cheer- fully paid, and not thought at all extravagant. But, alas! when it comes to tho offNtcry-bag, a threepenny bit will do. "I cant afford to give very much every time the bag comes round is the cry. Can't afford," not for the work of Christ's church or charitable uistitutions. Oh. no! It would be well for many so-called Christian people if they would study on their knees that beautiful hymn of Miss Havergal's, containing the lines "I gave Myself for thee. What hast thou given for Me?" A very poor answer most of us would have to give if tho Master came and asked us that question. I am afraid that many of those "who profess and call themselves Christians" stop at that, ajid their Christianuy goes no further. The present generation, I think, will leave a very low standard of liberality in alms-giving for their children to follow. There are, of course, some notable exceptions to this rule. Too much money is spent on pleasure- seeking, luxury, and a high standard of comfort- in every detail of daily life. If every Chuichman or woman resolved to give to God one-tenth of his or her income (which in many cases could be spared), or even, let us say, one-twentieth part, we should hear no more of missionary enter- priser languishing from lack of support, starving men, women and children, miserably paid clergy, churches, orphanages, etc., in debt and crippled in their work for want of funds. The god of Mammon rules the country for the present. Oh, for the return to the real worship of a crucified Saviour, a readiness to lay riches and wealth at His feet. The duty and privilege of alms-giving needs to be set before church-goers incro than it Ît3, in the opinion of ) "A TOWN MOUSE. I

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