Article January 8, 1938 Issue

Signs of the Times

Topic: Giving and Gratitude

with contributions from Jay T. Stocking, J. L. Newland, John Bishop, David S. Maclnnes

[Jay T. Stocking, in the Daily Devotional, as quoted in the Meeting House, Los Angeles, California]

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

This is a saying that children and the immature cannot understand. One never does comprehend the truth of it until he begins to invest himself in the welfare of others. When Jesus taught that happiness comes through helpfulness he was simply interpreting this universe and stating a law of life. Happiness is always a by-product. The man who sets out to seek it directly never finds it. We find it when we are looking for something else. Those who look for joy through a change of environment are on the wrong road. It comes from within, not from without. It does not lie in receiving, but in giving.

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