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is still bound to give. Many who have no 
real estate give (and as a general thing 
those are the most benevolent ) ; surety then 
the man with one farm, though he may 
have given twenty farms away before, 
should still give. The only questions are, 
has he " this world's good " and is there a 
- hr other in need" — in need of temporal, 
or spiritual blessings ; whether he be white, 
black, or red— living in America, Asia or 
Africa? If there is 5 he must give. 
If we take the primitive Christians for 
a standard by which to regulate giving, we 
shall find ourselves woefully deficient, for 
they sold all that they had, and laid the pro- 
ceeds at the apostles' feet, and distribution 
w r as made unto every man according as he 
had need. If it be true that all that we 
have, and are, is Christ's, might it not also 
be our duty to give all for the promotion 
of his kingdom? 
But if we take the Savior as an example 
of benevolence, we will carrv on the work 
of evangelization at any, and every cost. 
He left a better residence, — in a bettei 
country, — and better friends than it is pos- 
