Who gives himself with his gifts feeds three—Himself, his hungering neighbor, and Me. LOWELL

Andrew, I have only five barley loaves left and a couple of fish, but the Master shall have most of it. Here are three loaves, four—but one loaf I should like to keep. You know, Andrew, it is a long way home, but the four loaves and the fishes I will give to Him.”

As Andrew explains that the Master would like to have all, a struggle goes on in the boy’s heart. He looks repeatedly, first at the fifth loaf, then at the Master. “Andrew, take all,” he exclaims joyously as the light breaks. “Take all five, and the fishes, too.”

What is the fifth loaf that you have not yet surrendered? Let me plead with you to let Him have all. PASTOR DOLMAN

Was it the “widow’s mite” or “all her living” that caught our Lord’s attention (Mark 12)?

It was Martin Luther who wrote: “I have had many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have been able to place in God’s hands I still possess.”

There is a Divine law in connection with our giving. Christ with a few loaves and fish feeds thousands.

Give! as the morning that flows out of heaven; Give! as the waves when their channel is riven; Give! as the free air and sunshine are given!

Lavishly, utterly, joyfully give! Not the waste drops of thy cup overflowing; Not the faith sparks of thy hearth ever glowing; Not a pale bud from the June roses blowing: Give as He gave thee who gave thee to live.

Almost the day of thy giving is over; Ere from the grass dies the bee-haunted clover Thou wilt have vanished from friend and from lover: What shall thy longing avail in the grave?

Give as the heart gives whose fetters are breaking—Life, love, and hope, all thy dreams and thy waking; Soon, heaven’s river thy soul-fever slaking, Thou shalt know God and the gift that He gave. ROSE TERRY COOKE

Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.—What hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?—By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

By the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.—For of him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things.—All things come of thee and of thine own have we given thee.

Enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

She did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold.

Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and I will recover my wool and my flax.

All things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

O Lord our God, all this store . . . cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.—Of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

The living God . . . giveth us richly all things to enjoy.—Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty: thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.

The Lord is . . . great in power.—If God be for us, who can be against us?—Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us, and he will deliver us.—My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.—Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Not unto us, O Lord , not unto us, but unto thy name give glory.—Thine, O Lord , is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord , and thou art exalted as head above all. Now therefore, our God, we thank thee and praise thy glorious name. But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.