DO SOMETHING | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 25, 1880

DO SOMETHING.

This is a busy world—too busy for any one who has the ability to work to be idle. There is something for you to do—something that you can do—something exactly suited to your ability. There are whitening harvest fields all around you, inviting you to work—to work for God and humanity. The ignorant are to be instructed, the tempted to be warned, the faltering to be encouraged, the sorrowing to be comforted, the poor to be cared for, and the erring to be reclaimed. There are tears to be dried, hopes to be inspired, expectations to be excited, saving influences to be exercised, kind words to be uttered, looks of sympathy to be given, and helping hands to be extended. There is work in the office and in the store, in the shop and on the street, in the temperance society and in the Sabbath-school, in church and in the world—work everywhere and work of every kind to do.

You are not required to abandon your lawful pursuits to do some great deed that will attract the attention of the world, but in connection with these to perform those little acts of kindness, to utter those sweet words of counsel, and to manifest that deep heartfelt sympathy for the ignorant, the erring and the sorrowing, that will bring sunshine to their hearts, and reclaim them from their wanderings, or lift them from their lowliness, and make them wiser and better. You are not required to do the work of another—perhaps you could not do it; but you are required to do your own work, and no one can do it so well as you. There are hearts that you can reach, there are influences that you can exercise, there are words of counsel that you can utter, and there are acts of kindness that you can perform better than any one else. You are the center of a little circle of attractions, activities and influences that you can control. You have the opportunity and privilege of doing much good, of performing "little errands for Jesus," of gathering out of the dust precious gems to be placed in a sparkling crown and laid at the Master's feet.

Then resolve to do something—to do something that will tell—something that will tell for good. It may be but a little thing, but remember that the aggregate of little things is sometimes very great. The earth is composed of particles, the ocean of drops. Do not sigh for opportunities which you do not possess; employ the opportunities you have. If you cannot do some great thing, do some little thing. Do not be idle. Do something. Do what you can.—Methodist Recorder.