“There is a present world emergency; that it is a call for Christians to repent of unfaithfulness in stewardship, failure to put Christ and the kingdom first (Luke 14:33); that the need of the hour is not money, but a new church, and a new race of Christians who actually will put Christ and the kingdom first; that as a matter of history and experience this fullness of consecration is evidenced by the placing of property on the altar (Acts 4:32).”
Ralph Spaulding Cushman (1879-1960) in The New Christian: Studies in Stewardship (New York: Methodist Episcopal Church, 1919) 120.