Memoir of the Chisholm

THE CHURCH OF HOME. 229
sent me a copy, to Lord Lovat. The only
object we have in view is the glory of God,
and I pray that His glory may be manifested
by us, who profess to serve Him and love
Him, in the distribution of alms, as well as
in every other way. I trust my dearest mo-
ther, that you will pray for this also, and that
we may be directed by a right judgment in
this, and every such matter.
" If they have been anxious to make a
marked distinction in their giving of alms, I
am sure it will not tell the worse for the pro-
fession of the truth, that we should even be
more anxious, without display, to act in a con-
trary manner. Even though Lord Lovat
should have given such an order, you must
remember that giving money in that way is
somewhat different from doing little acts of
kindness every now and then ; and moreover
that my property of Teanassie is not so near
Lovafs residence as his property on both
sides is to Erchless. It strikes me on the
whole, that there is some little difference be-
tween the cases. However, let us bear in
mind that they who profess to follow Christ