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THE CONDITIONS

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 20, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 51.

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THE CONDITIONS.

UPON Mal. 3:8-12 Dr. Alexander MacLaren, in the Sunday School Times, has the following pertinent remarks:—
"And then we have a gracious invitation, which is often wrenched out of its connection, and made to buttress false teachings. "Prove Me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it."
One has often heard these words quoted as inducements to earnest prayer, but what was the "herewith" by which God was to be proved? Not prayer, but bringing "the tithe into the storehouse." Emptying pockets, not bending knees, is the way to prove God. If we will give all we can, and do all we can, then—and not till then—we can take this, His
own word, to Him, and ask Him to be as good as His word. Then—and not till then—has He pledged Himself to prosper our planting, to curb every kind of destroyer, locust, caterpillar, or blight, and to make our toil fruitful, so that the world shall recognize how fair a heritage they have who love God and offer all their works to Him.