IN THE BAG
Years ago, Dr. Henry Jessup, a faithful missionary in Syria, was seeking help for the Syrian Protestant College in Beirut. He was asked to call on a certain woman by a friend who said he believed that she would help him financially. Dr. Jessup was astounded to locate her residence on the top floor of a tenement house. Entering the door, he found an elderly lady putting bristles in the wood backs of scrubbing brushes. Eagerly she listened to his story. Taking one of two bags from a nail on the wall, she said, “This is the Lord’s treasury. I am able to lay by something for Him, after I have met my needs. Whatever is in His bag today is for you.” She counted out 37 cents into his hands, as the tears rolled down his face, saying she was so glad to be able to give it and that she was certain the Lord would bless its use. They…
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