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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 16, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 46.

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God's Responsibility Not Ours

A NUMBER of men were once talking about the burdens of duty, and one of them declared that they were sometimes too heavy to be borne. “Not,” said another, “if you carry only your own burden, and don't try to take God's work out of his hands. Last year I crossed the Atlantic with one of the most skilful and faithful captains of the great liners. We had a terrific storm, during which for thirty-eight hours he remained on the bridge, striving to save his passengers. When the danger was over, I said to him: “It must be a terrible thought at such a time that you are responsible for the lives of over a thousand human beings.” “No,” he said solemnly, “I am not responsible for the life of one man on this ship. My responsibility is to run the ship with all the skill and faithfulness possible to any man. God himself is responsible for all the rest.”— The Christian Age.