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wealth confided to them by God on behalf of His poor. They are unjust stewards and I say to you, God's wrath shall hold them prisoner; aye, and sell them with their wives and children into slavery to the devil till the last farthing of restitution has been made. Christians, forsooth! If a brother or sister be naked and want daily food and the rich man say: " Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled," yet give them not the necessaries of life, is that Christ's teaching and example? To have the substance of this world, and to see one's brother in need and to steel one's heart against him, is that what Christianity means? Ah, no! for "in this," says St. John, "we know the charity of God, because He hath laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down not only our wealth, but, were it necessary, even our lives for the brethren." Go to, therefore, ye rich, weep and howl in the miseries that shall come upon you when your riches shall be corrupted, your garments moth-eaten, your gold and silver cankered, and when the rust of them shall be for a testimony against you and shall eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up to yourselves God's wrath, for the cry of the poor you have defrauded hath entered into the ears of the Lord God of Sabaoth. But, to be Christian, must we, like Andrew, relinquish all? Is mot Philip's hesitancy justifiable, for what indeed is the little we can afford among so many? Oh, self, self, how cunningly it argues! "Bring hither the loaves and fishes," said Christ, " and bid the men be seated." Give according to thy means and leave the rest to Him. Give