bjects. The Body is one,
and the members of the Body should work together for the good of the
whole. Corporate as well as individual life is a reality, and this fact
must not be lost sight of in connection with our offertories. I venture
to say that a parish which confines its offertories to local and
parochial purposes will lose by the very contraction of its sympathies.
The duty that lies upon us as trustees of God's gifts to utilize them for
His honour and glory, should be pointed out. The privilege of being
allowed to help with our substance, those who stand in need of our
assistance, should be duly urged; and the warmth which is thus kindled in
the heart towards others will react in infusing fresh life into the
support of parochial institutions. The habit of giving grows by use.
The blood must not stagnate round the heart, or the extremities will soon
suffer. Your fingers die because the action of the heart is weak. The
promise is that "He that watereth others shall be watered also himself."

I have no intention of entering into many details in this matter, but I
cannot be wrong in enforcing this principle. Church work at home and
abroad, as distinct from parochial organizations, should be
systematically brought before all congregations however small: Church
work at home, including home missions; and Church work abroad, including
foreign missionary societies.

Let me give very emphatically this caution. If aggrieved parishioners
come to a Churchwarden and endeavour to persuade him to join a cave of
Adullam, he should be careful not to be rash or hasty in his answer. He
must not take all for granted which heated partisans may allege, but
remember there are always two sides to every question. We are none of us
infallible in our judgment, and many matters after consultation with
others assume a very different aspect to that which at first sight they
seemed to present. If difficulties arise he must not threaten. It does
more harm than good. Let him try what conciliation will do. Let him see
whether common ground of action cannot be found. Certainly it is unwise
to rush into print; it only tends to inflame the smouldering embers of a
quarrel which, but for the unfortunate publicity given to it, might soon
have come to a happy termination.

Churchwardens _must_ work with the Clergy and the Clergy with the
Churchwardens if they are to be a blessing in the parish in which they
are elected to serve. They