| The Joy of Service |
Chapter 22 |
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The lesson has wide application. Children hold the inheritance they receive from their father to be guarded and then transmitted. They should make their life worthy of him, so that, if he were to come back any day to the old walks, they would not be ashamed to meet him. They are builders on the walls whose foundation he laid in sacrifice and toil; and they must build reverently and with conscientious care, that the work he began may not be marred, but may be carried upward in graceful beauty.
It is an interesting thought that in God’s great plan each one of us has but his own little portion to do. No one finishes anything. Work comes unfinished into our hands from those who have gone before us. They did their part on it, and we in turn are to do our part, and then give way to others who will do their fragment. If we fail in diligence or in faithfulness we mar the work of God, and leave a blank where our part should have been done. This truth shows us how serious life is, and what a blemish unfit work leaves in God’s universe. If, however, we are true to our duty, conscientious, doing always our best, doing that which is given to us to do, we shall assure the success of those who have gone before us, and shall receive the reward of those who are faithful.
“Man’s life is but a working day,
Whose tasks are set aright:
A time to work, a time to pray,
And then a quiet night;
And then–please God!–a quiet night,
Where palms are green and robes are white;
A long drawn breath, a balm for sorrow,
And all things lovely on the morrow.”
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