A YOUNG MAN ACCEPTED THE CALL TO BECOME AN AFRICAN MISSIONARY BUT FOUND ON FURTHER EXAMINATION THAT HIS WIFE COULD NOT STAND THE CLIMATE OF AFRICA. IT MADE HER VERY SICK. HE WAS HEARTBROKEN, BUT HE PRAYERFULLY RETURNED TO HIS HOME AND DETERMINED TO MAKE ALL THE MONEY HE COULD TO BE USED IN SPREADING THE KINGDOM OF GOD ALL OVER THE WORLD. HIS FATHER, A DENTIST, HAD STARTED TO MAKE ON THE SIDE, AN UNFERMENTED WINE FOR COMMUNION SERVICE. THE YOUNG MAN TOOK THE BUSINESS OVER AND DEVELOPED IT UNTIL IT ASSUMED VAST PROPORTIONS-HIS NAME WAS ‘WELCH,’ WHOSE FAMILY STILL MANUFACTURERS ‘GRAPE JUICE’ HE HAS GIVEN LITERALLY HUNDRED OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO THE WORK OF MISSIONS BY WAY OF OFFERINGS AND HAS FAITHFULLY TITHED TO THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST.
From Gene Edwards’ Sermon: Faith, Finances, and Fleecing