Excerpt from China's Millions; 1901: North American Edition And there is another responsibility that of giving. It is not often that one speaks in a meeting like this, or in any other of our meetings, concerning such a grace as this; but I do so to-night for I cannot but fear that there have been some who have hid in their stuff the wedge of gold and the Babylonish garment; and I fear that it is for this reason also, that the Lord's hosts have been turned back before their enemies, and that victory has not been ours. When we' corrie to this fact - which is a fact - that there is in the possession ofthe Christians of the United States and of Canada alone, ln hoarded wealth, the sum of Thirteen Billion Dollars, do you won der that calamity in any sense has befallen the Church of Jesus Christ as related to China 3 On the contrary, is it not wonderful the calamity is not far greater and more widespread? Iam no prophet, yet it seems to me true in the light of the teaching of God's Holy Word - that unless. A great change-comes over the Church of Jesus Christ as touching the one matter of stewardship, we shall see China repeated before long in other lands, and other doors will be closed instead of opened as they are now. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.