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tions of all men rest on the same grounds. The law 

 of sacrifice is universal. "If any man will come after 

 me ; " that means Dives and Lazarus alike ; the terms 

 are all-inclusive. And not only must all men sacrifice, 

 but the measure of sacrifice is the same for all. God 

 does not ask of any two the same gift, because to no two 

 are his gifts the same; but he does require of every man 

 the same sacrifice. "Whosoever he be of you that for- 

 saketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple." 

 (Luke xiv, 33)! To give the little all is as hard as to 

 give the abounding all. In both cases the sacrifice is 

 the same ; for it is measured less by what is given than 

 by what remains. Only when the sacrifice is all-inclu- 

 sive is it perfect and entire. It is the sacrifice, not the 

 gift, which is the essential thing in God's eye. What 

 he demands of every soul is a complete sacrifice — the 

 absolute surrender of self, of all i)owers and all posses- 

 sions ; not the abandoning of the latter any more than 

 of the former, but their entire surrender to God to be 

 used honestly for him. In George Herbert's noble 

 words : 



" Next to Sincerity, remember still. 

 Thou must resolve upon Integrity. 

 God will have all thou hast; thy mind, thy wUl, 

 Thy thoughts, thy words, thy works." 



Whatever their occupation, Christians have but one 

 business in the world; viz., the extending of Christ's 

 kingdom ; and merchant, mechanic, and banker are un- 

 der exactly the same obligations to be wholly consecrated 

 to that work as is the missionary. 



way that leads to our attic. We are doing our best to keep warm; but with 

 mercury twenty degrees below zero we do not find it easy. Then for these 

 accommodations, which are the best and all we can get, we have to pay $10 a 

 month. Our salary is only $500. Cannot the Union loan us $250, to help us 

 build? " 



Another, writing for a loan, says " My family of seven Hved all summer, 

 in a house tw'elve by sixteen, having only two rooms." 



Many are heroically enduring hardship for the Kingdom, at the front, 

 whose sacrifices would be less if ours were greater, whose sufferings could 

 be relieved if our luxuries were curtailed. 



