The Lord's Return for Giving unto the Poor

“This afternoon a poor woman, whose history I have known for some time, and who has a sick husband over eighty years of age, called on me, stating that she had only a ten-cent loaf of bread for herself and her husband to eat since Wednesday, and to-day is Saturday.

“Notwithstanding my own need, I felt that I could not withhold from one in greater straits than myself, so in Christ’s name, I gave her enough to procure necessary food for a few days. The Lord did not forget it, but this evening has returned the amount with bountiful interest. For the turn I gave Him, He has sent me $40. There is that scattereth yet increasethJ”