IN WESTERN AFRICA. 
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parent if all would give this much! But the ISTew 
Testament knows no such definite rule, no such 
exact limit. It does not intimate that we may 
stop at the tenth. The gospel idea is, that we are 
to give when objects of need present themselves 
to us, as our ability will allow. 
Whoso hath this world’s good.” Nothing is 
said of the amount he has, or of the proportion he 
is to give. If a man has two farms and sells one, 
and gives the proceeds thereof to benevolent pur- 
poses, and an object of charity — a ‘‘brother in 
need” — then presents himself to that man, and he 
ean give without impoverishing his family, or 
those dependent on him for support, he is still 
bound to give. Many who have no real estate give, 
— and as a general thing those are the most be- 
nevolent. Surely, then, the man with one /arm, 
though he may have given twenty farms away 
before, should still give. The only questions are. 
Has he “ this world's goodf and. Is there a “ brother 
in need f '' — in need of temporal or spiritual bless- 
ings, whether he be white, black, or red, living 
in America, Asia, or Africa. If there is, he must 
give. 
If we take the primitive Christians for a stand- 
ard by which to regulate giving we shall find 
ourselves wofully deficient, for they sold all that 
they had and laid the proceeds at the apostles* 
