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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 9, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 2.

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Work

By Thomas Murphy

Work is one of the greatest blessings our Creator has bestowed upon the human family. It is a heaven-born gift to all mankind. Work was first given to Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. The Lord intended that these two should set an example for all to follow. It was with a wise purpose that our Father gave us the blessing of work. Work is not a curse, as some suppose, but a blessing to every one who performs it with his might. Listen to the words of Jesus: “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.”
When the Lord touched Isaiah’s lips with a live coal from off the altar, he could then exclaim, “Here am I; send me.” He did not ask about the climate nor the environment, but gave himself to the Lord, knowing that the Lord would give him the right work and send him to the right place.
Who among the young men and women, both white and colored, will give themselves to the Lord to-day to be used anywhere he wills to place them? Shall we longer procrastinate? We may all hear these sweet and loving words pronounced upon us when he comes: “Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” But to those who have done nothing for the Lord, he will exclaim, “Depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” May the work of each of us be just as the Lord would have it, and not as we think best. THOMAS MURPHY.