Charles Spurgeon 1874, Sermon 99 Additions to the Church:
"They were a generous church as well as a united church. They were so generous that they threw in their property into a common stock lest any should be in need. They were not communists, they were Christians; and the difference between a communist and a Christian is this — a communist says, 'All yours is mine;' while a Christian says, 'All mine is yours;' and that is a very different thing. The one is for getting, and the other for giving. These believers acted in such a generous spirit one to the other, that it seemed as if nobody accounted that what he had belonged to himself, but generously gave of it to the necessities of others. I do not believe the Lord will ever bless a stingy church."