Bible Truths Illustrated by J. C. Ferdinand Pittman

BIBLE TRUTHS ILLUSTRATED
half a crown. The impetus had been given. The whole
assembly followed his example, and the movement spread to
all other stations. The sum of £500 was raised in a very
short time, without counting quantities of cattle—small and
great."
365. "In the Bolenge mission, Africa, one named Joseph, a
cripple, was baptised. He could not go to others, but they came
to him at his invitation, and at the end of a year thirty savages,
from seven warring districts, assembled around the table of the
Lord. At the service one proposed that every member should
tithe his income. To this they heartily agreed. Again this
convert, once the child of paganism and superstition, arose and
proposed that one out of every ten of their number give his
entire time to heralding the glad tidings, and that these be
supported by the other nine members in each group. This also
was joyously accepted. After nine years the one station was
multiplied to four, and the membership had grown from thirtyone
to two thousand."
366. "An Indian one day asked Bishop Whipple to give
him two one-dollar bills for a two-dollar note. The bishop
asked 'Why?' He said: 'One dollar for me to give to Jesus,
and one dollar for my wife to give.' The bishop asked him
if it was all the money he had. He said, 'Yes.' The
bishop was about to tell him, 'It is too much,' when an Indian
clergyman, who was standing by, whispered : Tt might be too
much for a white man to give, but it is not too much for an
Indian who has this year heard for the first time of the love
of Jesus.' "
367. A man was once asked for a donation for some church
purpose, but excused himself by saying: "I'm fattening a calf,
and when it's fat, I'll give the proceeds." The same excuse
was given three times over in response to appeals. One day he
was approaching church a little late, and heard the choir singing,
"The half has never yet been told," and thought, in the
distance, the words were, "The calf has never yet been sold."
Conscience-stricken, he sold the calf, and gave the proceeds to
the church.—C. H. Scovillc.
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