Shall We Be Stirred? by MRS. MILDRED GIBBS-HOPKINS

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 12, 1914

Shall We Be Stirred?

By MRS. MILDRED GIBBS-HOPKINS

MRS. MILDRED GIBBS-HOPKINS

A LATE number of the Wide World Magazine tells of the recent discovery in a mound near Peshawar, India, of a crystal reliquary in which there were a few fragments that archeologists declare are the charred bones of the prophet Buddha. The magazine further states that the finding of these fragments of bone has deeply stirred the followers of Buddha, from the Himalayas to Japan.

When I read this, I did some serious thinking. The Christ whose followers we are is not dead. We have a “risen Christ, a living Saviour, not in the tomb where once he lay;” and should not we, as a people, be daily stirred by his wonderful works for his people? If the finding of the bones of Buddha, who has been dead since the fifth century before Christ, could so deeply stir his followers all over the earth, what can rightly be said of our duty to be constantly awake and stirring, when we have daily, not dead bones, but living manifestations of the love and care of our Lord.

In Nehemiah’s time great things were accomplished because the people had a mind to work. Neh. 4: 6. We are told in John 9:4 that “the night cometh, when no man can work.” The work is truly great, but the Lord has said he will cut it short in righteousness, and we may expect him to do exactly as he says.

May we all as individuals be stirred to do the work the Lord would have us do. Then shall we see great things accomplished, as in the days of Nehemiah, and the Lord will give us great blessings. How thankful we should be that we put our trust, not in dead bones, but in an ever-present, ever-living Saviour.

Fort Duchesne, Utah.