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,3ERDA
,XL.1
LIVING
ABOVE TUB
DEAD.
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scension
of
:
the
Son
Of
God
!
Surprising
honour put
-on
the liberal christian:!
But here
is
the only place for
acquiring these honours, though
they
are published here-
after.
.-
There
is
no
poor christian.to'be
supplied
in
heaven
out
of
the
stores
of
your
bounty, no
naked saints
to
be cloth-
ed there.
All
the regions
of
heaven
cannot
afford
any
such object
of
your
compassion
and
love.
Many
a saint
on
earth
is
hungry,
and thirsty, and naked, and
exposed
Ito
sore
_hardships
and
necessities,
but
necessities
and
hardships
are
unknown in
heaven. Many
a widow,
and
-
orphan; and poor destitute
christian,
lies sick and
groan
-
ing
as
it were
at
the
gates
of
glory
:
Let
us seize
the
op-
portunity
to feed,
to
support, and
to
comfort them
;
for
,there
is
no
destitute creature,
no sick
or
poor,
no needy
widow
or
orphan, within the
gates.
Life
is
given to some
persons for this
very
end
!
Good
_Dorcas
was
even
raised
from the
dead,
arid
had
her
life
lengthened
out
to rnake
more coats and
garments for
the
poor. Ministering to the
saints
is
a delightful labour,
and a
business
worth
living
for.
In
this
world
the rich
christian
has
the
honour of
being
a steward for
God
to
feed
his
children
;
but
in the world above,
there
are no
earthly treasures
to
receive
such a
sort of consecration
as
this
is,
no
alms
to
be
offered up
as
an acceptable sacri-
fice
to
God
the
Father,
or
to his Son
Jesus.
See
then
:that
ye
practise
this
virtue
as
often
as
providence
gives
a
-proper occasion,
and thus consecrate your substance
to
the Lord
of
the
whole
earth. Lend a little
to
the
Lord
in
this
manner, and
it
shall
be
paid with large
interest
:
He
that
hath pity
on
the
poor lendeth
to the
Lord, and
he
will
repay
him,"
Prov.
xix.
17.
.
Perhaps another
week,
or
another
day,
shall divide
you
from
all
your earthly riches; no
more
of
them can
be laid
out
for God
:
Perhaps death
may
send
you
into
the
invisible world,
and
ye shall
have
no
more objects
of
your
pity for
ever;
whatsoever thy hand then
finds
to
do,
do
it with all
thy might," Eccles.
ix.
10.
"
You
that
are
rich
in this world,
be
rich
in good works,
ready
to. distribute. willing
to
communicate,
laying
up in
store
R.
good
foundation against the
time
to
corne,
that
ye may
lay hold on
eternal
life,"
1
Tim
vi. 18,
lg.
And
re-
zxrcmber
that
"
he
that
-sows
sparingly, shall
reap
spar=