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The Lesser Ministries

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 14, 1903

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 80, No. 28.

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The Lesser Ministries

By James Buckham

A FLOWER upon my threshold laid, A little kindness wrought unseen; I know not who love’s tribute paid, I only know that it has made Life’s pathway smooth, life’s borders green.
God bless the gracious hands that e’er Such tender ministries essay! Dear hands that helped the pilgrim bear His load of weariness and care More bravely up the toilsome way.
O, what a little thing can turn A heavy heart from sighs to song! A smile can make the world less stern; A word can cause the soul to burn With glow of heaven all night long!
It needs not that love’s gift be great— Some splendid jewel of the soul For which a king might supplicate. Nay! true love’s least, at love’s true rate, Is tithe most loyal of the whole. — James Buckham.