To the Editor,

The two main characters on the TV show “High Chaparral” are brothers John and Buck Cannon. Buck works for his brother John on John’s horse ranch in the Arizona desert. John was the money saving, settling down with a family kind of man. Buck was the exact opposite, but he has started to settle down as he works for John.

One day his horse was startled by something and knocked him to the ground. He awoke inside a wreck of a church, and being taken care of by a priest and some nuns. Indians had burned away all but one small room of the church. They had no money and very little food left.

Buck went to his home and told John the situation. John said it was his land they had built on. He was responsible for them, so they must move on. Buck tried to explain that they refused to move, and, “if it cost two cents to travel around the world, they can’t afford to get out of sight.”

Jesus started a new thing concerning money in Mark 12:41-44. Jesus and His disciples witnessed a widow putting more money into the church offering than she could afford to give. Comparing what she gave to what others had given, Jesus said “For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.” Verse 44.

God judges our giving not by how much we give, but by how much we have left. 2 Corinthians 9:7 tells us to give what is on our heart to give. “For God loveth a cheerful giver.”

John gave the priest and nuns fresh supplies and a safer location to help the Indians. He opened his heart and wallet.

Mary C. Albertson

Albany, Kentucky