Editorial January 18, 1941 Issue

"Without money and without price"

Evelyn F. Heywood

In no single direction are the character and the destiny of the individual more positively determined than in the impulse and purpose of his giving. No greater lesson had Jesus' life than to teach men the nature, boundless in its scope and benediction, of spiritual giving. "Not as the world giveth, give I unto you," he said.

Everywhere he turned, he saw those who gave to be seen of men, to curry favor, to receive gifts in return; those who gave lavishly because they felt safe and magnanimous in so doing; those who gave sparingly because they thought sparingly, fearing always that more might be asked of them. He saw those who haggled and bargained in their giving and receiving, who gave and yet in their innermost thoughts withheld because their object was not to bless another, but primarily to benefit themselves.

Men can see this as clearly today, if they will look into their own hearts, if they will observe the world about them, driven, exploited, betrayed, by the falsity of those who promise or deny what is not theirs to bestow; who base their giving not on the consciousness of Spirit's infinity, but upon self-interest and personal profit.

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