YOUR MISSION by L. E. Miller

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 3, 1868

YOUR MISSION.

By L. E. Miller

OUR blessed Saviour is well pleased if we fulfill our duty, be it ever so small. There is a moral greatness in that person, who, amid the various changes of life, pursues the path of duty, and cheerfully accepts his lot, wherever it may be cast. It may be ours to minister to some of God's dear children, or care for our little ones, or bear with the infirmities of old age. Oh! that we might do it with cheerfulness and delight. Let us take care of the present, and do our duty; for this is all God requires of us. Let us remember that he requires nothing that is unreasonable or unjust. We may think that we might better glorify God in some other situation than the one we find ourselves placed in; but it is a lesson we must all learn, that he has placed us just in the position where we can best honor and glorify him. And whatever our trials, though ever so grievous, they are just the ones to purify and fit us to inhabit those bright mansions above. While we are called upon to minister unto others, let us remember that none of us liveth unto himself, but follow the example of our blessed Master, who went about doing good. Oh! let us weigh well the influence we exert around us from day to day, that it be on the side of truth and humanity, that the world may be better for our having lived in it; that some sorrowing heart may be comforted, the mourner's tears be wiped away, that we may make some sinking heart more light, and with the sweet promises cheer them into life and hope again.

Oh! the Christian mission is a noble one. Then our life has not been in vain, and we have been preparing for a nobler, an immortal, life in the kingdom of God. These are solemn times. The perils of the last days are upon us. Oh! may the Lord help us all to realize the great responsibility that rests upon us, and may it be our highest ambition to perform faithfully the work assigned us by our Heavenly Father in the closing scenes of this world's history. The last message of mercy will soon close. Probation will be ended, our work done, and then a glorious immortality shall be ours.

L. E. MILLER.

Shabbona, Ill., Sept. 2, 1868.