...watereth, shall be watered also himself." " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet and it tendeth to poverty." The only way in which we can draw out the wealth of the church, in proper measure, and make it subserve...

...of them rise as a witness against you.' ' There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty.' Gifts you do possess, of talents, influence, property. It is grace you need to improve and employ them....

...are so often grudged by those who are left. Surely there is that scattereth and yet increaseth, there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty. It is true of churches as of individuals. The liberal soul deviseth liberal things, and by liberal...

...may be, ihey will deceive you in the end : " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." God will not let you pass without the rod, and he that soweth sparingly shall reap sparingly. Thus...

...though I have experienced the sentiment of the wise Solomon fulfilled many times, to wit ; ' There is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty.' Yet I believe it is possible, and think I have seen it, to give that to others which LIFE OP JOHN PEMBERTON....

...and luxury, and in expenses for amusement or vice, and the consequence is poverty and want. " There is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty ;" Prov. xi. 24. The divine blessing rests upon the liberal ; and while every person should make a...

...of God, the declaration of Solomon, that " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." Henceforth let them seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness — give to God that place...

...lost heavily." The observation was startling, and could be explained only by Prov. xi. 24 : " There is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." All we look upon as our possessions is included in the words, "Ye are not your own, ... ye are bought...

...the Baptist churches able to do this? Would it not be a blessing to (lie churches to do it ? " There is that withholdeth more than is meet and it tendeth to poverty." Hus not the church, and even each individual church, ever been blessed in proportion to her efforts...

...the last remark of the language of Scripture! " There is that giveth and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." Speaking of the spiritual improvement of the people of Kidderminster, under him, he says:— " Before...