Giving

Chairman of Community Charity Confronts a Tightwad (illustration)

A notorious miser was called on by the chairman of the community charity. “Sir,” said the fund-raiser, “our records show that despite your wealth, you’ve never once given to our drive.” “Do your records show that I have an elderly mother who was left penn …

Levels of Giving (illustration)

Three Levels of Giving: You have to (law) You ought to (obligation) You want to (grace) (Source unknown). …

Abraham Lincoln Has a Job For Everyone (illustration)

After Abraham Lincoln became president, before the days of civil service, office seekers besieged him everywhere trying to get appointments to various jobs throughout the country. Once, confined to bed with typhoid fever, exasperated, Lincoln declared to his secretary, “Brin …

Giving Versus Keeping (illustration)

“God judges what we give by what we keep.” (George Mueller) …

People with higher incomes give less percentage (illustration)

If you’ve ever heard someone vow, “If I were rich, I’d give away most of my money,” don’t bank on it. The stats show that people with higher incomes give away a smaller percentage of their wealth.A survey shows: Under $10,000 - 3.6%, $50,000 - 74,999 - 2.0%, and $75,000 …

John Wesley’s practice of giving (illustration)

John Wesley was one of the great evangelists of the 18th Century, born in 1703. In 1731 he began to limit his expenses so that he would have more money to give to the poor. In the first year his income was 30 pounds and he found he could live on 28 and so gave away two. In the se …

Breaking the news to someone who inherits a million (illustration)

A man had a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital. He could receive little company and was not to be excited. While in the hospital a rich uncle died and left him a million dollars. His family wondered how to break the news to him with the least amount of excitement. It was …

Baptist Temple In Philadelphia Began with 57 Cents (illustration)

Hattie Wiatt, a little girl, came to a small Sunday school and asked to be taken in, but it was explained there was no room for her. In less than two years she fell ill, and slipped away on her last pilgrimage. No one guessed her strange secret until beneath her pillow was …