Thatalwaysseemstomeromanticandwasteful。Youneverhearfromitinanydefiniteway。Theysaythemissionarieshavedoneagooddealtoopenthewayfortrade；perhaps——buttheyhavealsogottenusintocommercialandpoliticaldifficulties。YetIgivetothem——alittle——itisamatterofconsciencewithmetoidentifymyselfwithalltheenterprisesoftheChurch；itisthemainstayofsocialorderandaprosperouscivilization。Butthebestformsofbenevolencearethewell-established，organizedoneshereathome，wherepeoplecanseethemandknowwhattheyaredoing。\"
\"Youmeantheonesthathavealocalhabitationandaname。\"
\"Yes；theyofferbyfarthesafestreturn，thoughofcoursethereissomethinggainedbycontributingtogeneralfunds。Apublicmancan\'taffordtobewithoutpublicspirit。ButonthewholeIpreferabuilding，oranendowment。Thereisamutualadvantagetoagoodnameandagoodinstitutionintheirconnectioninthepublicmind。
Ithelpsthemboth。Rememberthat，myboy。Ofcourseatthebeginningyouwillhavetopractiseitinasmallway；later，youwillhavelargeropportunities。Buttrytoputyourgiftswheretheycanbeidentifiedanddogoodallaround。You\'llseethewisdomofitinthelongrun。\"
\"Icanseeitalready，sir，andthewayyoudescribeitlooksamazinglywiseandprudent。Inotherwords，wemustcastourbreadonthewatersinlargeloaves，carriedbysoundshipsmarkedwiththeowner\'sname，sothatthereturnfreightwillbesuretocomebacktous。\"