Christian Theology - Media Sabda Org

merely whom he calls on to be charitable; but even the poor, and the most
impoverished of the poor!
We can scarcely ever speak of poverty and affliction in an absolute
sense; they are only comparative. Even the poor are called to relieve those
who are poorer than themselves; and the afflicted, to comfort those who
are more afflicted than they are. The poor and afflicted churches of
Macedonia felt this duty, and therefore came forward to the uttermost of
their power to relieve their more empoverished and afflicted brethren in
Judea.
"I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous
forsaken, nor his seed begging bread." I believe this to be literally true in
all cases. I am now grey-headed myself, I have travelled in different
countries, and have had many opportunities of seeing and conversing with
religions people in all situations of life; and I have not, to my knowledge,
seen one instance to the contrary. I have seen no righteous man forsaken,
nor any children of the righteous begging their bread. God puts this
honour upon all that fear him; and thus careful is he of them and of their
posterity.