Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

1917 WE Musr PAY THE PRICE 365
one
that he loves, but in paying this debt of gratitude,
one often finds that he must pay to the one that he cares
little or nothing. for, one who has rendered no service
to him, and has no claims upon him except the claim
of brotherly love.
And the service that one is often
called to render to another has seldom any bearing on
services that he has received. This little rhyme expresses
the same thought:
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"If you have had a kindness shown
Pass it on.
It was not intended for you alone,
Pass it on."
The man in the Scriptures who had only one talent lost
Those who receive
it because he refused to pass it on.
benefits of any name or nature, and do not pass them on
dwarf their own souls. After all, what greater benefit
can we secure to ourselves than to help others. Help others
to pass on the love and the sunshine. For we grow
by giving, not by withholding. As Dr. Richberg has so
ably put it in one of her articles in BIBLE REVIEW, "The
intent. to serve rightly our fellow beings, while we live
up to the best we know, broadens our vision, and sharpens
our hearing." When we cease to have an interest
and love for our fellow beings, we begin to die, herein
is embodied a great law, that as long as anything is of
use
it lives, but as soon as anything, plant, animal, or
person ceases to be of use, it begins to die.
Therefore,
as long as we are of use in the world, that whereby we
live from will be furnished us.
For God will see to it
that those who are willing to render timely aid to another,
will not want in time of need. Therefore do not
be afraid to cast your bread upon the water, for you
shall find after many days, altho you may never see the
hungry one that gets your bread, be assured that he gets
it, and that you will receive its equivalent, it may be in