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completest self -giving. He who receives, but does not 

 give, is like the Dead Sea. All the fresh floods of Jor- 

 dan cannot sweeten its dead, salt depths. So all the 

 streams of God's bounty cannot sweeten a heart that 

 has no outlet ; that is ever receiving, yet never full and 

 overflowing. 



If those whose horizon is as narrow as the bushel 

 under vv^hich they hide their light could be induced to 

 come out into a large place, and take a worthy view of 

 the KingdoQi of Christ and of their relations to it, if 

 they could be persuaded to make the principle of Chris- 

 tian giving regnant in all their life, their happiness 

 would be as much increased as their usefulness. 



