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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Dec 29, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 52.

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MARIE CZINSKI

By Marie Czinski

Inasmuch

MARIE CZINSKI

“INASMUCH” what?—“Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”
Your eyes brighten, and your heart beats more quickly, as you say to yourself: “Ah! the basket of fruit I gave to that poor family, and the shoes I bought for their children; my friendly greetings and invitation to the lonely one across the street, bidding her to feel free to come over whenever she feels like it; the milk tickets I purchased for her, and innumerable things like that, which I am in the habit of doing,—all these will be reckoned as done unto Jesus, my Elder Brother, and will be rewarded by and by. Then the King will say, ‘Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.’”
But think a moment of the other side—for there is another side. How about those whom you have neglected, talked about unkindly, treated as if they were “of no account,” whose lives you have made more hard and bitter by your indifference and neglect, whose faults you have taken pains to make prominent? How about the sick whom you never visit or sympathize with, just because they do not complain, but quietly keep on working? Do you realize that by and by our Master may say to you: “Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me?”
Brethren and sisters, let us turn over a new leaf now,—we need not wait until the new year sets in,—and guard our thoughts, our words, our actions, every hour of every day.
“Inasmuch” covers a great deal of ground. It takes in both good and evil in the lives of every one who has ever lived, and it takes in every day from beginning to end. Sooner or later the reward will come to every one of us; nothing escapes the observation of him who notes the sparrow’s fall. Therefore, let us, one and all, take heed to our ways.
Battle Creek, Mich.