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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 13, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 37.

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Shine Just Where You Are

Don’t waste your time in longing For bright, impossible things; Don’t sit supinely yearning For the swiftness of angel wings; Don’t spurn to be a rushlight, Because you are not a star; But brighten some bit of darkness By shining just where you are.
There is need of the tiniest candle As well as the garish sun; The humblest deed is ennobled When it is worthily done; You may never be called to brighten The darkened regions afar; So fill, for the day, your mission By shining just where you are.
Just where you are, my brother, Just where God bids you stand, Though down in the deepest shadow, Instead of the sunlit land; You may carry a brightness with you That no gloom or darkness can mar, For the light of a Christlike spirit Will be shining wherever you are.
— Exchange.