Charles Sheldon: In His Steps

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In Charles Sheldon’s classic story, In His Steps, the Christian daily newspaper had lost a great deal of money because it had abandoned the guiding principle “Will it pay?” for a higher calling: “What would Jesus do?” On the brink of closing, it would need a large sum of money to fund its ongoing work. That money was committed by Virginia Page who made this humble proclamation:

“I do not want any of you to credit me with an act of great generosity. I have come to know lately that the money which I have called my own is not mine, but God’s. If I, as steward of His, see some wise way to invest His money, it is not an occasion for vainglory or thanks from any one simply because I have proved honest in my administration of the funds He has asked me to use for His glory.”

Charles H. Sheldon in In His Steps (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2004) 111.