Learn to give largely. The large giver is the happy Christian. “The liberal soul shall be made fat” (Proverbs 11:25). “He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly, and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully,” and “God is able to make all grace abound towards you, that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things may abound to every good work” (2 Corinthians 9:8-9). Success and growth in the Christian life depend upon few things more than upon liberal giving. The stingy Christian cannot be a growing Christian. It is wonderful how a Christian man begins to grow when he begins to give.
R.A. Torrey (1856-1928) in How to Succeed in the Christian Life (Chicago: Fleming H. Revell, 1906) 93.