as it is written [Exodus 16:17-18], He that gathered much had nothing over; and he that gathered little had no lack. [In the gathering of the manna some of the Israelites were able to find more than the others, but when they came to measure what they gathered, God's providence so intervened and ordered that each found he had an omer. Now that which God effected by irresistible law under the old dispensation, he was now seeking to effect under the new dispensation through the gracious influence of brotherly love. Our differences in ability make it inevitable that some shall surpass others in the gathering of wealth; but as selfishness gives place to Christian love, the inequality in earthly possessions will become more even.]

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