“The time is overdue for a sane, scriptural, spiritual teaching of the law of stewardship. We have not linked the stewardship of property with the consecration of the stewardship of life. A widespread revival of the teachings of Christian stewardship will not only insure an adequate support of the cause of Christ, but will bring about a deepening of the spiritual life of the church as its principal result.”
Homer C. Stuntz (1858-1924) missionary, bishop, quoted in The New Christian: Studies in Stewardship by Ralph Spaulding Cushman (New York: Methodist Episcopal Church, 1919) 131-132.