p. 27 | Trifles by M. J. C.

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 26, 1866

Trifles.

By M. J. C.

"The trifles of our daily lives, The common things scarce worth recall, Whereof no visible trace survives, These are the main-springs after all."

There is a vast amount of truth contained in this little stanza. It is the little things, the seeming nothings, the common things, which make up the days, and the days make up the years of life. It is the little things which tell to all with whom we come in contact, whether Jesus is our pattern, whether we are living for him, or whether we are living for self, heedless of the golden rule. It is the little things which will make the scale weigh either for or against our right to the white robe and the starry crown. Yes, the little things, those whereof there remains no visible trace. These the poet says are the "main-springs." Main springs of what? Of all those acts which do leave a visible trace. How important then that these little things should be the main springs of right.

M. J. C.