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...time, "offered freely, and after their ability." A gift presented with a mind thus willing and ready, " is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." "Every man," then, " according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grtvlyingly or of...

...his mat-side when he expired, and are not without hope of his being accepted of Him, who " accepleth according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." We buried him to-day. 29th — This day a poor man died who for some months past was a member of the...

...God and worketh righteousness is accepted with him ,' and that, ' if there be a willing mind it i» accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that lie hath not.'" — W.93, It is also true, that nothing but obstinate and wilful transgression, can...

...so there may be a performance also, out of that which you have. 12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. PARAPHRASE. not as a command from God, but on occasion of the great liberality of the churches of Macedonia,...

...lament that both reception and gift should be in so scant a measure. "But if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." Measured by this willingness, and not by the amount of the gift, would we lay our contribution at the...

...Reformed Church at New York, and having heard my remarks on the text, " If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath and not according to that he hath not," came to me at the end of the service and presented me with this magnificent marquise ring, set with...

...unto God for his unspeakable gift" (9:15). B. The spirit of giving: "For if there be first a willing m the devil (using the world and the flesh) and are sent to bring out the worst in us. "L (8:12). "Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity:...

...have us know that the great quality of true service is the willing mind, "If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not" (II Corinthians 8:12). Abraham went a long way and suffered much heart-anguish to do the will of God....