...desert, will increase in your hands ; for " there is that scattereth and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet and it tendeth to poverty." How beautifully does this picture illustrate the words of Solomon — " The hoary head is a crown of...

...upon a large class of Scripture passages. " There is that scattereth, and yet iucreaseth : and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." " The liberal soul shall be made fat : and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself." " He which...

...excesses which prevail where the Gospel does not restrain men, would grind you to the dust. " There is, that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty ;" and in no case is this proverb more strikingly verified, than in those parsimonious calculations...

...in any sense, what the wise man says, is true, " there is that scattereth and yet aboundeth ; there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." O how acceptable to God are the sacrifices of an humble, grateful, faithful heart ! The ground that...

...said with more truth than in this case ; " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." Many and many a youthful martyr has found it so. I may add, that experiments recently made in Institutions...

...facts exist that justify the apprehension. There is that scattereth' and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet and it tendeth to poverty. Individuals habitually engaged in doing good, are often signally blessed of God. Those churches and...

...be said with more truth than in this case ; "There is that scattereth and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." Many and many a youthful martyr has found it so. I may add, that experiments recently made in Institutions...

...manifestation of his blessing among them as a body ? " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet and it tendeth to poverty." If they concern not themselves about sending food to them that are perishing of hunger, is it to be...

...yet increaseth." " He that watereth shall be watered himself.'1 And, on the other hand, — " There is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." Where the churches are blessed with the Spirit's influence, cherishing the graces of the pious, and...

...its present embarrassed state, believing that " there is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." The Sunday School numbers 100 children, average attendance, 80. We share with many other schools in...