Helping Others

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Nov 9, 1905

WHEN we are almost overwhelmed with difficulties, and our faith is sorely tried, we may well remember that our experience is not the only one of the kind, and that all about us are those who need help and encouragement. The shadow of death is in many homes, and a trouble worse than death weighs upon many hearts. There are calls on every side for that genuine Christian Help work which brings comfort to the distressed and renewed courage to those who are cast down. This is just the work which Jesus did. "He might have retained the glory of heaven, and the homage of the angels. But he chose to give back the scepter into the Father's hands, and to step down from the throne of the universe, that he might bring light to the benighted, and life to the perishing." "He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked." In bringing help to others we often dissipate our own troubles, and the comfort which we minister to others will comfort our own souls.

"There are lonely hearts to cherish, While the days are going by; There are weary souls who perish, While the days are going by; If a smile we can renew, As our journey we pursue,— O, the good we all may do, While the days are going by."