from a sense of duty or for the sake of reward.

That there will be a reward following the giving we are also assured by Jesus in a direct promise "Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give unto your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again."

Promises of spiritual benefits and increase of God's bounty through the keeping of this divine law of giving and receiving, abound in all the Scriptures. "There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more;

And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.

The liberal soul shall be made fat;
And he that watereth shall be watered also himself."
"He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;
For he giveth of his bread to the poor."
"He that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully."
"Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters."

We are living now under larger and fuller blessings from God than man has ever known. It is meet therefore that we give accordingly and remember the law of the tithe, for if a tenth was required under the law in those olden times, it is certainly no less fitting that we should give it cheerfully now. One of the greatest incentives to generous giving is a keen appreciation of the blessings secured to us through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. "He that spared not His own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give