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r"i,k'r, V gi/ring gisrhtt There ( e"treerth cte2ati, give. Iii is regu deman make becaus stated t __-_,',)).,'.']"', We have here in the text the Bible 1-i,j'jitij, ule of giving, the O. T. rule and the 5333 N. t rule, the rule by which the Jews Ejeifjwwere absolutely governed and which 'i'i1iiiitij.s, being adopted more and more by ,3.§;3§30hristians who make their giving a "TE”AR‘part of‘their religion. "Every man 3=."":,_§hall give as he is able, etc.” That 153.330 use a modern phrase, systematic ,'ir'i'ii:ryur, the only giving that meets the obligations of Christian Stewardship. Whéit is systematic giving? ‘Some . pistriiii1e seems to have the idea that it is aisort of bondage under which we ’ areiaped. But so far is that from being thecase that those. who practice 3 it feel that it is freedom from a yoke of bondage. In order to get a correct understanding of the subject we need to.hav.e some erroneous notions clear- ed awag. For instance, giving just when Wi, _ feel like it, is not systematic [ ' giving. "Phat is spasmodic giving and F is depending on subjective moods and _ 'impsilses and objective appeals and i1is/,iiiknizts no principle whatever. A ANefi‘txher is giving what happens to be f oiitirsnient at any particular time ' 'riivv',)'/ii1ii'rt1,atite giving. That is haphazard "r?,1.tlft't'iffsry1t.1 a most unworthy kind of jtrf)'1ia,,i'g'i it is. Neither again is liberal __,i_..jvrii,iiir,"i'ii'ii," necessarily systematic giving. ($16 are those who give liberally and f_-~e,erfu11y and yet they are as unsys- 'rjf:'s,vi'1a, fanatic m their g1v1ng as those who (jr-iff,: Titre, little and give it grudgingly, Nor c regular giving always meeting God's sr,rsii)ii,1,fer,yy11,rs' on our liberality. Some "':r,_'1,'ir'i(ft,ltf, this mistake, they think that ‘riiggcause they give regular amounts at "-_,s'"tated periods they are meeting all _ Aty't's obligations involved in giving. But gtifhfere may be the greatest regularity where there is no recognition of the principle laid down in the text, But _ iCifone ot these, which are the most coinmon methods of giving to further J3itiristian enterprises and support "Christian toesr1eirolendeg answer the re- sstitirementg of the text, what is sys- ~tef1’natic giving? These negative an- , swers will help to clear the way for a ' better understanding: ot the truth. SyEtematic giving embraces certain , vigil defined principles. Any true . ”system ot giving must have as its ' very foundation principle the honest "?ipnsideration of one's income. It is most unwise on the one hand to be T giying large sums of money, even for . I-iii/slits,"' purposes, without any regard _ tf the income. And on the other hand ' It is just as unreasonable to be giving insignificant amounts if the income 2’ Would justify a much larger liberality. 1; where are principles that should gov- . any in both of these cases preventing 'r, the recklessness of the one and the 4pal‘srsimony of the other. Systematic i,: giving has to do first and last and all ' the time with what is received, It _ makes all its reckonit1gs from that -.point. It doesn't depend on impulses "s a)11f,1 appeals, but taking the income (r ltfieays that a certain proportion will "It,, regularly set apart and given to “the Lord's work. That principle is ‘broad and solid and good in every way and it is easy and safe for any one to adopt and build upon.' "Every .. man shall give as he is able, etc." ',i',i.rl, ‘gEvery man will give as he is able ii'i?mfitss1,iiti1iru' to the blessing of the Lord "b)iii1iir,i'ii,r,icf_ief, which He. hath given thee." . @yefgalsai ci'3irhat will the adoption of this1 principle of giving involve? If it has l net previously been practiced it will {inyolve the giving up of old methods. .31“ if these methods have been wrong for if they have not been the best‘ 't.tt'itirthods why should there be any' gitesitancy in giving them up, especial- l fly for a, method that is more in har- f‘fggnony with God’s requirement, Fié‘r'l‘hen it will involve a faith in God _r,)'lti, the beginning and all the time. Ilu' ose whose income is not large and (ttttrose personal and family needs ab- isgrb it as quickly as it is received, will 'hiv tempted to think it is impossible to "it'.'tti, apart any portion of their means /rttit' the Lord's cause. And those whose iJtiirorne is large will often stand in ihef'ed of the faith more than any Lowers. But if tor our salvation we, 7have faith in God's promise to save ivi,, then tor our giving can't We have "faith in God's promise tor giving? “Honor the Lord with thy substance and with the first fruits of all time increase, so shall thy barns be filled with plenty and thy presses shall burst out with new wine." Then systematic giving will some- times require the making of sacri- SitMts. We will have to deny o.urselves things we would like to enjoy. It will mean a more carteui expenditure of our money. There are many ways in which, money is unwisely spent, and to close some ot these leaks will be a, blessing. The fact is we are main ing very little sacrifice to-day for Christ, and to begin to do so will give an impulse to our religion that it very much needs. Then this method ot giving involves the continual acknowledgement of God’s goodness in our lives. No one can practice it without realising that "what he receives and what he gives all anxiety about it. .Now I start out with this proposi- tion, which I will try and make clear in what I have to say, that giving is a Christian duty the neglect of which brings guilt and consequent spiriifual loss. It is a duty because God com- mands it in most unqualified terms. It is a duty because. God has expressed his pleasure in receiving the gifts of his people and charged them with robbery when these have been with- held. It is a duty because both the teaching and example of Christ sanc- tion and confirm it. “For ye know the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ that though hé was rich yet for your sakes he became poor." , .‘15'Christian giving a help or a him I drance in Christian life? Is it a tchvis- Y tian duty and a means to the great) end of the development of Christian: character? Is it something the Bible: decides for us just as it decides that 3 to be Christians we must pray and live and work for Christ? or is it left for'f Jrrrto decide for ourselves? These are 1 Questions we ought to have settrpd in ( 30m!- minds because it giving is a d my? the neglect oCwhieh will dwarf om" experienc'es, and close up one of the l Avenues through which God has m-) tended to convey blessings to Us, we: need to be' careful that we are not; neglecting that duty. But if it is; simply a matter of personal decision) with us, if we can be just as goodi Auiristians here and have just as rich‘ t, reward hereafter if we never "honor therLord with our substance," wel Want to have our minds freed from all anxiety about it. i WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1919 THIS WEEKS SEWIN ~ (lhflllifll,ilWili"iyi'i,,1li'iiii cf:"','"?!,?. following sérmon was preached 'll, tfig Weston Methodist Church in 'i'iik'itrtwetion with the National cun- paign on Sunday, Nov. 16th, by the. Pastor, Rev, T., W. Stewart. tWi5 CRP. What are some of the objections that are raise.d against the principle of systematically givng the tenth to the Lord? One of the first objections is "I can't afford it," and this objec- tion will be made not Only by those whose income is small, but perhaps even more so by those 'Whose income is large. The man with an income ot Those who have adopted this prin- ciple (and the number is rapidly in- creasing) find in it only blessing. Systematic giving is that kind of god- liness that is profitable for the life, that now is, as well as tor that which is to come. An American layman, who was an enthusiastic tither, some time ago sent a circular letter to a large number of ministers asking each it he had ever known a man who had conscientiously given the tenth to the Lord who had failed in business, and out of all the replies he received not a single case was reported, but there were many Instances of men who at- tributed their material prosperity to their having honored the Lord with their substance. And numbers have benefittéd spiritually by this practice and that is the best proof of its ex- cellence. Anything that advances man's spiritual interests is certainly stamped with the divine approbation. Spurgeon once said "I know a‘lad who, when he started to earn money adopted the principle of giving the tenth to the Lord: On one occasion he won-apprize for an essay he wrote one Treligious subject and he. felt that he ought to give a fifth of that prize money and he so enjoyed the luxury of the increased giving, that he ever after made the fifth his minimum. God blessed and prospered that lad by increasing his means and his en- joyment in giving." And he added “I am that lad." mar. LT but in a dispensation in w: ch "love ts the fulfilling of the law," which is true. But it our love doesn't lead us to give at least the tenth, it is not fulfilling the law. It is a poor comment upon our love, that with all the increasmd advantages we enjoy over those who lived in the earlier dispensations our liberality falls so far below the standard that was then practiced. The fact is that Christians are giving very little'in' comparison with the offerings of the earlier days. It this principle of giving the tenth were only universally adopted among Christians instead of the church hav- ing to go begging for the money to carry on its work there would always be sufficient in the treasury: to meet every legitimate requirement and the church's work would be completely revolutionized. i' “in; proportion of our in:cniL 5 should we give? Does the Bible gLW 1 us any direction on this point? Til):- 101' you who have eVer cracsucilly no; ( Jewish history as given in the C). 'i. i know that the Jewish law vow clan-i, i defined the question of them givinsl One tenth was to be considered hm, unto the Lord. But beside this thin the JeW' had various offerings and sacrifices that brought his giviiig on to nearly. one third. And when in the time of Malachi they “are (limo gaming this; divine requirement Hod charged them with robbing Him in withholding their tithes and offer- ings. And after sending punishment upon them for their neglect. Hp, said to them “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse that there may be meat in mine house and prove mu: now herewith, if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it." Thus impressing what is taught over and over again in the Bible, that giving in recognition of God's claim is directly connoted with material prosperity. But was this law of giving the tenth intended to be confined to the Jewish dispensation and in the matter of giv- ing to-day is it intended that every man is to be a law unto himself? So some people hold, but is that right? We search the N. T. in vain for a. single word hinting that with the Jew- ish economy ended God's claim upon the tenth. Christ, so far from abro- gating, gave his direct sanction to this law when he said to the Pharisees with regard to their tithing: “This ought ye to have done." We are told has constant reference to God. He will see God’s hand in his life and recog- nize the divine goodness. In Spun systematic giving involves much that wilt" be heipful in Christian Hit:- mm experience. God's ways are nut harl ways in which to waik. it is. when we turn aside from his ways that tho difficulties arise. "His ways," even tor our giving, "are ways of pleas- antness." Port Credit We give best price for your used Ford car. GENUINE FORD PARTS ON SUPPLY Nothing Else Will Do Payments made in cash or deferred payments to suit you on Cars, Trucks, &c. DEALERS Motor Sales and MachineryCo. PHONE 130 But this is 110i the only result that wilt follow the adoption of this prin- ciple of giving. It wil bring ncater'al What will be-some of the 'results of conseientiously meeting this divine re- quirement? One result will be an in- crease of spiritual life. This has been the universal experience of those who have adopted this principle as the rule of their givrrrg. This is in accord with God's law. The conscientious discharge of any duty brings quicken- ing to the heart and enriches the Christian experienc l. But what about the man with a small income. Is it reasonable to ask the ’man whose income barely meets his personal and family needs to give the tenth? Well, it. it isn't reasonable God won't ask it, and it God does ask it we may rest satisfied it is both rea.. sonable and right. Nowhere in the whole history of giving, whether we take the O. T. command or the N.T, constraint of love, is any one exempt- ed on the ground of inability to give. Surely if any one might be excused that poor widow, who in giving her two mites gave all her living, should have been. And yet Christ who saw her act, commended her, and it has been left on record as an example of Christian liberality. Apply this same principle to the matter of our time. God requires not the one tenth but the one seventh ot our time and he requires it from the poor as well as from the rich. Take the man that can earn- $2.00 a day, not a large amount in these days of high prices. If that man could work seven days in the week his yearly income would be $730.00, but God requires $104.00 worth of that man's time, but we do not think that unreasonable. There are blessings attending the keeping of the Sabbath that the poor man has a right to as well as the rich. None of us feel that we are poorer material- ly while morally and spiritually we are greatly the gainers by our recogni- tion of the Sabbath. So it is with God‘s requirement in giving, There are blessings connected with it of which the poor should not be depriv- ed, temporal blessings and spiritual blessings, And the iutreasona.toleness will disappear when we remember the fact, proved over and over again in actual experience, that nine tenths with/ God's blessing will go farther than ten tenths without God's blessing. 1Vhat could have seemed more unreasonable than for Elijah to go to that widow of Zarephatlf and ash for a cake made from the last handful of meal that stood between her and starvation. But she conrpred with the prophets request and that saved herself and her son trom the death they were already anticipating. Leave God out 01 consideration 11:.d make giving ‘m'y an ordinary com- m icial trye,' "-ctign‘ mxi tr'o.'e i-o many cases in which giving the tenth or givusg anything is unrcasonable. But tak'ng God into the accourt with the promises He .has made with re- gard to giving and it is just as reason- able to expect the man of limited means Lto give the tenth as it is to expect him to sow his seed in the spring-time in order to reap a return in the harvest. "There is that scat- tereth and yet increaseth." old method of giving. Aside altogeth: er from spiritual results, he has had matertal prosperity such as he never béfore enjoyed. To the man with a large income who says he “can't af- ford to giv'e it," I reply "you 'can't afford; not lo gave it," for no man is richer " w1th6lding from God that which he requires, nor any poorer by giving what the divine Jaw demands. what I beli, And he has could indw old method er from sp $2000 when he is faced with the ques- tion of giving $200 to religious and charitable purposes will wrinkle his brow and hesitate. H3ut there is only one thing to decide.' Is it right? Does God require it? If He does there is only one, course open and do the right that is, smooth out the wrinkles and pay it. A friend of mine a few years ago adopted this principle. He has in a good financial condition, having a fairly large income, so that his tenth pened to t of that cl (Contigued on page 6) your shawl“ But he re ve too long been reckon ‘e by what the rest of 3‘01 , now rm reckoning it by ve God wants me to give.' since told me that nothing e him to go back to tht ot giving. "Aside altogeth- I? I'C le Ontario 1 combined. One 0 stev award in _ Yhen it came Building permits as toliows were approved: Mr. P. Brown, Robert St., addition to residence, $200; C. E. Ring & Co., Fastbourne Ores, gar- age, $150; Geo. D. Redmond, L.S.R., three dwellings, $21,000; Wm. Hutch- inson, Elizabeth St., stable, $300; Mr. McClintock, Robert St., dwelling, $2,- 800; Mr. G. Brown, Hay Alva, dwell- ing, $2200; A. D. Norris, y.S.R., store and dwelling, $6000; M. A. Camp- bell, Heman St., dwelling, $3200; Har- old Earl, Hillside Ave., dwelling, $5,- 000; C. ll. Lee, Datmouth, dwelling, $3000; J. H. Doughty, Primrose Ave., dwelling $4800. - - .x - -..,,,w,.,ir A regular meeting of the. council was held in the council chamber on Monday night. All members were present, except Councillor Harlock, who was out of town. . Will call on you at Mimico, New Toronto, Long Branch, Port Cred luau, wv-u uuvrvvuo The accounts were approved by the Finance Committee and passed. _ T A donation of $25 was made to the Muskoka. Free Hospital for Con- sumptives. The minutes of the last meeting, as read, were adopted. - it,ilarkson, etc., twice weekly. Phone-drop a card-or hail our motor: Always irrStodik 1488 QUEEN ST. WEST Mr. and Mrs. H. Harris are moving into the city. We are very sorry to lose Mr. and Mrs. Harris from our neighborhood. Mrs. Harris will be missed from the Ladies' Aid Society as she has always taken an active part in it and also in all church work and anything for the good of our. neighborhood, but what is our loss we hope wi I' be Eneir gain. West End Laundry Practice .gain this Thursday ever:- ing for the S. School entertainment. All the children come out and make this entertainment the best yet. uwctuug “’1.va- , Deputations waited on the council asking for extensions to the present' system of water mains, but it was pointed out to them that owing to the great amount of work already done this year, it would be impossible to undertake any more until the spring. , The meeting adjourned at‘10.30. FRENCH GLEANERS The Kay Realty Co. have complet- ed their new office on the Lake Shore Road, and opened up in full swing. During the week they put through a sale, selling Mr. Thomas Lowe's house to Mr. McCullough of Toronto. Possession will be given the first of the year. Mr. Lewes is return- ing to England. At the residence ot the bride's mother, Cavell Avenue, Mimico, on November 21, a very pretty wedding took place, when Ttlen, daughter of Mrs. Alexander Galr, was married to John Cavanagh. The ceremony was conducted by the Rev. G. J. Mammy, MA. PROPER SIGNALS Proper signals are not acts of cour- tesy; they are absolutely vital to Bases ty. Every Driver of Motor Car Should Guard Himself as Well as Others On Street p, h' w u - arW6 Lg _ $5 " nr" , a tl ‘ 9 ii ".= BI " ‘ " ‘ A. " if, M ' I #r'T .. .. ENE " a Mt g ' ’ The driver behind is not a mind cavanagte--&air -HUM'BERVALE -Apply to--- CENTRAL HOTEL, WESTON, Phone 278 Shoes bought here give you that value-Try them. _ We repair shoes to last. MIMICO VITAL TO SAFETY LIGHTNING HITCH HOCKEY BOOTS OIL DRESSED PACKS V T. G. RICE By the Day or by the Hour A CAR WITH DRIVER curb. (2) reader, and every driver should guard his own safety and that of other drivers by the following signals: By the outstretched 11a.iid-- tl) When pulling away from the tron Strict obedience to the laws is in- cumbent on every citizen. (3) When changing in street. 's (4) When changing course. When stopping, signal by extend- ing arm in horizontal position. Sound horn when passing overtak- ing vehicles- and when approaching intersections'. Don't signal in a half-hearted way. Every day traffic congestion is in- creasing. When turning at an intersec- PHONE PARK 698 This is the greatest revelation in the building of a new car. See it and let us demonstrate to you its special feature). MAIN STREET, WESTON THIS IS ONLY ONE OF MANY FEATURES of B. T. GOODS BARKER a GOMiPANY International Tractor THE FARMERS FAVORITE New Overland Car THIS IS ONCE OF THE GREATEST "LABOR.. SAVING DEVICES PHONE 254 PAGE THREE , It