Bible Truths Illustrated by J. C. Ferdinand Pittman

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BIBLE TRUTHS ILLUSTRATED
368. Who gives himself with his gifts feeds three,
Himself, his hungering neighbour, and Me. —Lowell.
369. Two men were discussing the evidences of the Christian
religion. The one was a Christian : the other not, and inclined
to be sceptical. Arguments were freely exchanged. At last
the sceptic, who was blunt and outspoken, said frankly to his
friend and neighbor : "I think we might as well drop this
mattei. For I don't believe a word you say. And, more than
that, I am quite satisfied in my own mind that you do not
really believe it yourself. For to my certain knowledge you
have not given, the last twenty years, as much for the spread
of Christianity, such as the building of churches and foreign
and domestic missions, as your last Durham cow cost. Why,
sir, if I believed what you say you believe, I'd make the
church my rule for giving, my farm the exception." That
Christian man's life was contradicting every word he uttered
to his neighbour. Money talks. His was talking very
loudly to his sceptical neighbour. His neighbour was unusually
frank in saying out what thousands are thinking.
He had lost a great opportunity of winning his friend. S. D.
Gordon.
370. A little boy, sitting next to a lady in church, noticed
that she had nothing for the collection-plate. His own collection
was in his hand ; but as the collector approached, the little fellow
seemed greatly disturbed because his seatmate seemed entirely
unprepared for the offering. When the steward got within
a few pews' distance he handed over his silver piece to the
lady, as he whispered in her ear : "Take this, and I will get
under the seat till he goes by." Such sensitive souls as this
boy are exceedingly rare. Ida R. Sausser.
371. A wealthy man says that at the outset of his career,
when he was earning a good salary, his hobby was a well-bred
dog. Looking over his cash-book one day, he saw two adjacent
entries. One was, "To Foreign Missions—2s 6d." The other,
"To terrier pup— £5 5s Od." There was no harm whatever in
the latter entry. It was perfectly legitimate. The harm lay in
its disproportion to the former. A man who could afford five
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