p. 39 | TAKE HOLD AND LIFT.-

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 2, 1867

TAKE HOLD AND LIFT.—

A teacher of the Freedmen in one of the Southern States was sitting at the window of her room watching two negroes loading goods into a cart. One of them was disposed to shirk; the other stopped, and, looking sharply at the lazy one said, “Sam, do you expect to go to Heaven?” “Yes.” “Then take hold and lift!”

There are a great many Christians in our churches and Sabbath schools who expect to go to Heaven, that would do well to strengthen their hope of going there by taking hold and lifting some of the burdens which they let their brethren bear alone.