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Chapter 11 |
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There is no such thing as a consecrated life which is not consecrated to service. The way to spiritual health lies in the paths of toil. The reason of so much doubt and discontent in the hearts of Christian people is that so many sit with folded hands, with no occupation but brooding over their own cares. If they would but go out and begin to toil for others, they would forget themselves, and the joy of the Lord would flow into their souls. There is no way to fulfill life’s grand meaning and to enter at last into fullest joy but by living lives of devotion to duty.
Let no one, then, hide away from the solemn responsibilities of his calling in any imagined humility or lowly estimate of his own abilities. When God calls us to a work he gives the needed strength. Not one of us knows the possibilities of usefulness that lie folded up in his hand and brain and heart. The Lord can use human feebleness as well as human strength. To him that is faithful in a little, more is given, and more and more.
“What are we set on earth for?
Say to toil; Nor seek to leave thy tending of the vines,
For all the heat o’ the day, till it declines,
And death’s mild curfew shall from work assoil.
God did anoint thee with his odorous oil
To wrestle, not to reign; and he assigns
All thy tears over like pure crystallines
For younger fellow workers of the soil
To wear for amulets. So others shall
Take patience, labor, to their heart and hand,
From thy hand and thy heart and thy brave cheer
And God’s grace fructify through thee to all.
The least flower with a brimming cup may stand,
And share its dewdrop with another near.”
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