But HE Would Teach Us Economy By HIS Own Example.

The lesson applies to other 

things besides bread!

(J.R. Miller, "Evening Thoughts" 1907)

"Gather the fragments that are left over.
Let nothing be wasted." John 6:12

"Waste not, want not," 

says the proverb.

It seems remarkable that HE who

could so easily multiply the few

loaves into an abundant meal,

should be so particular about

saving the fragments that

remained left over.

But HE would teach us

economy by HIS own example.

The lesson applies to other 

things besides bread. We 

should never waste anything! 

Many people waste whole years 

of time in the little fragments which 

they lose every day. If, at the end 

of a year, they could gather up 

all these fragments, they would 

have many basketfuls of precious 

pieces of golden time. 

In mints where gold is coined, 

the sweepings of the floor, 

the settlings of the water in which 

the men wash their hands, the very 

smoke from the furnaces, are all 

carefully swept through for fine 

particles of precious gold; 

and during the years large sums 

are recovered in this way.

If only we would learn to care as 

scrupulously for the fragments 

of the precious things which 

pass through our hands, we would 

be far richer at the end of our life.

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"The Aged Minister of Christ Contemplated".