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To the Discouraged Worker

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 2, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 43.

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To the Discouraged Worker

By JOSEF W. HALL

JOSEF W. HALL
You have given your service freely, faithfully you have worked, And in the Master's service no man can say you have shirked. But give of your lives more freely, ask nothing in return; The life that sets fire to others is the life that itself doth burn.
It is sympathy more than power; 'tis authority less than love; It is how much you give of living, of the life that's inspired above.
Though your heralds were a mighty army, though you preached with the voice of God, You might miss the men you are seeking down on the common sod. Men are awed by a mighty tumult, but awe is a mingled strain, Which repulses while it attracts men, like the rush of a hurricane.
Freely the Master blessed you; freely ye have received. When you give your life as freely,—not the thought, but the blood and the deed,— The despair that tugs at your heartstrings, and the failures, shall come to their end, And the loving part of each selfish heart shall blossom beneath your hand.
He gave you a message to preach, and, more, he gave you a life to live; But this is your dower and your ministry's power, “He sent you forth to give.”
Takoma Park, D. C.