The Stone in the Road

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 4, 1902

The Stone in the Road

A STORY is told of a king who tested his subjects by placing a large stone in the center of the street near his palace. Various people avoided it, or stumbled over it, each complaining of “the lazy people” who left it there. When it was clear that no one would remove it voluntarily, the king called those who had avoided the stone to the place, and, with his own hands, removed the stone, while they looked on. Under the stone was a box containing gold and treasures marked, “For him who moves this stone.” The application to your life is plain. Never shun a duty. Never complain because somebody else has not done what you ought to do. Grapple with difficulties for the sake of the treasures they conceal.—Sabbath Recorder.