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 came; he was gladly received by her, she sharing with him her scanty supply of food; and while so doing, "her barrel of meal wasted not, neither did her cruse of oil fail." (1 Kings xvii. 16.)

The widow is said to have cast in all that she had, the whole of her living! Who amongst the rich and the mighty could cast in more? It denotes that the whole life, all the principles and powers of her soul, the whole of her living, were solemnly devoted to the worship of Him who is the author and giver of every good. The celestial blessings which are derived from such devotion, can only be known to those who cast in all their living. But what are the two mites which constituted the whole of her property—all her living? Every man has two faculties—the will, as the seat of all his affections and desires, and the understanding, the seat of all his thoughts, and these constitute the whole man—his entire living! Into these two faculties the life of love and the life of wisdom flow from the God of heaven. The Lord, in mercy, still continues to breathe into man the breath of lives, that his regeneration may be effected, and that he may be made a living soul. Man of himself is nothing—God is the all in all. We, as created, finite beings, receive of the Lord's fulness. All the good that we possess is derived from the Lord, and all the wisdom, truth, or knowledge we possess, is derived from the same source. In our worship, we should not be content with giving of our abundance, but give all that we have; for all that we possess consists only of two mites! Goodness and truth, charity and faith, practice and knowledge, should, in our worship, be united together; the two mites should be cast in, and not one only. The money