In Little Things

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 9, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 48.

In Little Things.— It is the knowledge of detail and faithfulness in little things that make the good mechanic and fit him for a higher position. Vigilance every little moment is what makes the faithful sentinel. Faithfulness in all the little duties of life is what builds up the true Christian character. The clerk who will filch pennies, or other little things, from his employer, would steal dollars if time and opportunity seemed favorable and the temptation strong enough. The compositor who will take “sorts” from his fellows to advantage himself rather than fill his own case, would steal greater things under little stronger temptations. The one who uses for his own pleasure little moments for which he is paid by others to do their work, is in that very thing developing a dishonest character. Here are the words of our Lord: “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.” Luke 16:10.