How to Collect
A public man was appealing on behalf of a certain charity, when a note was handed up to him asking if it would be right for a bankrupt to contribute in response to his appeal. The speaker referred to this in the course of his lecture and said decidedly that such a person could not do so in Christian honesty. “But, my friends,” he added, “I would advise you who are not insolvent not to pass the plate this evening, as if you do the people will be sure to say: ‘There’s another bankrupt!’”